#C9A338#C9A338

#C9A338 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.129 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A338
RGB	rgb(201, 163, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, 3.03, 58.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 58.15, 87.02°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% 0.0029 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.129 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.9006, 38.8998, 9.2528)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A338 #385EC9

analogous

#C95A38 #C9A338 #A6C938

triadic

#C9A338 #38C9A3 #A338C9

tetradic

#C9A338 #38C95A #385EC9 #C938A6

square

#C9A338 #38C95A #385EC9 #C938A6

split-complementary

#C9A338 #38A6C9 #5A38C9

monochromatic

#6A561D #9A7D2A #C9A338 #D6B968 #E3D098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C9A338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#C9A338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A338

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A338	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A129

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 163, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.129 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debd75',
    500: '#c9a338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a338;
$custom-light: #debd75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.276,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73116,
    "c": 0.12904,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A338

secondary

#8E9FCF

accent

#6FE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A338

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

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