#C9A244#C9A244

#C9A244 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.120 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A244
RGB	rgb(201, 162, 68)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 66.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, 4.22, 52.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 52.94, 85.43°)
OKLab	oklab(73.02% 0.0078 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(73.02% 0.12 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.0532, 38.6779, 10.9290)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A244 #446BC9

analogous

#C95F44 #C9A244 #AEC944

triadic

#C9A244 #44C9A2 #A244C9

tetradic

#C9A244 #44C95F #446BC9 #C944AE

square

#C9A244 #44C95F #446BC9 #C944AE

split-complementary

#C9A244 #44AEC9 #5F44C9

monochromatic

#725A21 #A1802F #C9A244 #D7BA73 #E4D1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C9A244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#C9A244 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A244

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A244	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 162, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.120 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd7c',
    500: '#c9a244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a244;
$custom-light: #ddbd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.406,
    "s": 55.187,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73019,
    "c": 0.12013,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A244

secondary

#98A8D1

accent

#75DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A244

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

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