#C9A239#C9A239

#C9A239 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.128 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A239
RGB	rgb(201, 162, 57)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.43, 3.61, 57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.43, 57.53, 86.40°)
OKLab	oklab(72.92% 0.0047 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(72.92% 0.128 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.7484, 38.5560, 9.3239)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A239 #3960C9

analogous

#C95A39 #C9A239 #A8C939

triadic

#C9A239 #39C9A2 #A239C9

tetradic

#C9A239 #39C95A #3960C9 #C939A8

square

#C9A239 #39C95A #3960C9 #C939A8

split-complementary

#C9A239 #39A8C9 #5A39C9

monochromatic

#6B561D #9B7C2A #C9A239 #D6B969 #E3CF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C9A239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#C9A239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A239

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A239	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)

#B5A12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 162, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.128 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debd76',
    500: '#c9a239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a239;
$custom-light: #debd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.75,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72921,
    "c": 0.1279,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A239

secondary

#8FA0CF

accent

#71E047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A239

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

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