#C9A249#C9A249

#C9A249 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.116 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A249
RGB	rgb(201, 162, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 63.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, 4.53, 50.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 50.74, 84.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% 0.0094 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.116 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2123, 38.7416, 11.7672)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A249 #4970C9

analogous

#C96249 #C9A249 #B0C949

triadic

#C9A249 #49C9A2 #A249C9

tetradic

#C9A249 #49C962 #4970C9 #C949B0

square

#C9A249 #49C962 #4970C9 #C949B0

split-complementary

#C9A249 #49B0C9 #6249C9

monochromatic

#755C23 #A48131 #C9A249 #D7BA78 #E5D2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C9A249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#C9A249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A249

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A249	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 162, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.116 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd7f',
    500: '#c9a249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a249;
$custom-light: #ddbd7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.719,
    "s": 54.237,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73071,
    "c": 0.11625,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A249

secondary

#9CACD2

accent

#77DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A249

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

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