#C9A246#C9A246

#C9A246 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.119 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A246
RGB	rgb(201, 162, 70)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 65.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, 4.34, 51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 52.07, 85.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.04% 0.0084 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(73.04% 0.119 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.1153, 38.7027, 11.2560)
Luminance	0.3870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A246 #466DC9

analogous

#C96046 #C9A246 #AFC946

triadic

#C9A246 #46C9A2 #A246C9

tetradic

#C9A246 #46C960 #466DC9 #C946AF

square

#C9A246 #46C960 #466DC9 #C946AF

split-complementary

#C9A246 #46AFC9 #6046C9

monochromatic

#735B22 #A2802F #C9A246 #D7BA75 #E5D2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C9A246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#C9A246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A246

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A246	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)

#B4A13C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 162, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.119 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd7d',
    500: '#c9a246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a246;
$custom-light: #ddbd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.137,
    "s": 54.812,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73039,
    "c": 0.11861,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A246

secondary

#99AAD2

accent

#76DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A246

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

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