#C9A237#C9A237

#C9A237 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.129 H 88.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A237
RGB	rgb(201, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 72.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.41, 3.52, 58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.41, 58.31, 86.54°)
OKLab	oklab(72.91% 0.0042 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(72.91% 0.129 88.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.6995, 38.5364, 9.0663)
Luminance	0.3853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A237 #375EC9

analogous

#C95937 #C9A237 #A7C937

triadic

#C9A237 #37C9A2 #A237C9

tetradic

#C9A237 #37C959 #375EC9 #C937A7

square

#C9A237 #37C959 #375EC9 #C937A7

split-complementary

#C9A237 #37A7C9 #5937C9

monochromatic

#69551C #997B29 #C9A237 #D6B867 #E3CF97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C9A237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#C9A237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A237

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A237	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.129 88.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debd74',
    500: '#c9a237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a237;
$custom-light: #debd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.973,
    "s": 57.48,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72905,
    "c": 0.12919,
    "h": 88.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A237

secondary

#8D9FCF

accent

#70E147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A237

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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