#C9A333#C9A333

#C9A333 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.132 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A333
RGB	rgb(201, 163, 51)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 74.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, 2.80, 59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 60.06, 87.33°)
OKLab	oklab(73.08% 0.0017 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(73.08% 0.132 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7843, 38.8533, 8.6406)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A333 #3359C9

analogous

#C95833 #C9A333 #A4C933

triadic

#C9A333 #33C9A3 #A333C9

tetradic

#C9A333 #33C958 #3359C9 #C933A4

square

#C9A333 #33C958 #3359C9 #C933A4

split-complementary

#C9A333 #33A4C9 #5833C9

monochromatic

#67541A #987B27 #C9A333 #D7B962 #E4CF93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C9A333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#C9A333 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A333

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A333	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)

#B6A121

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 163, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.132 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debd72',
    500: '#c9a333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a333;
$custom-light: #debd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.8,
    "s": 59.524,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73078,
    "c": 0.13214,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A333

secondary

#899BCF

accent

#6DE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A333

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

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