#C9A335#C9A335

#C9A335 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.131 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A335
RGB	rgb(201, 163, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 73.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.66, 2.89, 59.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.66, 59.31, 87.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.09% 0.0022 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(73.09% 0.131 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.8294, 38.8714, 8.8779)
Luminance	0.3887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A335 #355BC9

analogous

#C95935 #C9A335 #A5C935

triadic

#C9A335 #35C9A3 #A335C9

tetradic

#C9A335 #35C959 #355BC9 #C935A5

square

#C9A335 #35C959 #355BC9 #C935A5

split-complementary

#C9A335 #35A5C9 #5935C9

monochromatic

#68541B #997C28 #C9A335 #D6B965 #E3CF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C9A335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#C9A335 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A335

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A335	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)

#B6A124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 163, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.131 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debd73',
    500: '#c9a335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a335;
$custom-light: #debd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.595,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73093,
    "c": 0.13093,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A335

secondary

#8B9DCE

accent

#6EE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A335

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

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