#C9A243#C9A243

#C9A243 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.121 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A243
RGB	rgb(201, 162, 67)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 66.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, 4.16, 53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 53.37, 85.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% 0.0075 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.121 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.0229, 38.6658, 10.7697)
Luminance	0.3866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A243 #436AC9

analogous

#C95F43 #C9A243 #ADC943

triadic

#C9A243 #43C9A2 #A243C9

tetradic

#C9A243 #43C95F #436AC9 #C943AD

square

#C9A243 #43C95F #436AC9 #C943AD

split-complementary

#C9A243 #43ADC9 #5F43C9

monochromatic

#715A20 #A17F2E #C9A243 #D7BA73 #E4D1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C9A243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#C9A243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A243

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A243	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 162, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.121 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd7b',
    500: '#c9a243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a243;
$custom-light: #ddbd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.537,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73009,
    "c": 0.12089,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A243

secondary

#97A8D1

accent

#75DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A243

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

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