#C9A339#C9A339

#C9A339 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.128 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A339
RGB	rgb(201, 163, 57)
HSL	hsl(44, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 71.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, 3.08, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 57.75, 86.95°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% 0.0032 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.128 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.9253, 38.9097, 9.3829)
Luminance	0.3891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A339 #395FC9

analogous

#C95B39 #C9A339 #A7C939

triadic

#C9A339 #39C9A3 #A339C9

tetradic

#C9A339 #39C95B #395FC9 #C939A7

square

#C9A339 #39C95B #395FC9 #C939A7

split-complementary

#C9A339 #39A7C9 #5B39C9

monochromatic

#6B561D #9B7D2A #C9A339 #D6B969 #E3D099

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C9A339 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#C9A339 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A339

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A339	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A339	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)

#B6A22A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a339;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 163, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.128 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd76',
    500: '#c9a339',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a339;
$custom-light: #ddbd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a339",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.167,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73124,
    "c": 0.1284,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A339

secondary

#8FA0CF

accent

#70E047

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A339

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

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