#C9A264#C9A264

#C9A264 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.092 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A264
RGB	rgb(201, 162, 100)
HSL	hsl(37, 48%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(37, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 50.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.88, 6.66, 37.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.88, 38.10, 79.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.42% 0.0189 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(73.42% 0.092 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.3096, 39.1805, 17.5462)
Luminance	0.3918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A264 #648BC9

analogous

#C97064 #C9A264 #BDC964

triadic

#C9A264 #64C9A2 #A264C9

tetradic

#C9A264 #64C970 #648BC9 #C964BD

square

#C9A264 #64C970 #648BC9 #C964BD

split-complementary

#C9A264 #64BDC9 #7064C9

monochromatic

#84632E #B2853E #C9A264 #D9BD91 #E9D8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C9A264 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#C9A264 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A264

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A264	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A264	1.00	2.38	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A25F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79793

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a264;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 162, 100);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.092 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcbd91',
    500: '#c9a264',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a264;
$custom-light: #dcbd91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a264",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 100
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.832,
    "s": 48.325,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73423,
    "c": 0.09226,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A264

secondary

#B1C0D8

accent

#84D850

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FBF6F1

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A264

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

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