#C9A332#C9A332

#C9A332 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.133 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A332
RGB	rgb(201, 163, 50)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 75.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, 2.75, 60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 60.43, 87.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% 0.0014 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.133 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.7625, 38.8446, 8.5258)
Luminance	0.3884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A332 #3258C9

analogous

#C95832 #C9A332 #A3C932

triadic

#C9A332 #32C9A3 #A332C9

tetradic

#C9A332 #32C958 #3258C9 #C932A3

square

#C9A332 #32C958 #3258C9 #C932A3

split-complementary

#C9A332 #32A3C9 #5832C9

monochromatic

#67541A #987B26 #C9A332 #D8BA61 #E4CF92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C9A332 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#C9A332 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A332

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A332	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A332	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A11F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a332;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 163, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.133 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debd72',
    500: '#c9a332',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a332;
$custom-light: #debd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a332",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.901,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73071,
    "c": 0.13272,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A332

secondary

#889ACF

accent

#6CE344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A332

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

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