#C9A33E#C9A33E

#C9A33E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.125 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A33E
RGB	rgb(201, 163, 62)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 69.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.72, 3.34, 55.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.72, 55.72, 86.57°)
OKLab	oklab(73.17% 0.0045 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(73.17% 0.125 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0562, 38.9621, 10.0725)
Luminance	0.3896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A33E #3E64C9

analogous

#C95E3E #C9A33E #AAC93E

triadic

#C9A33E #3EC9A3 #A33EC9

tetradic

#C9A33E #3EC95E #3E64C9 #C93EAA

square

#C9A33E #3EC95E #3E64C9 #C93EAA

split-complementary

#C9A33E #3EAAC9 #5E3EC9

monochromatic

#6E581F #9E7F2C #C9A33E #D6BA6E #E4D19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C9A33E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#C9A33E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A33E

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A33E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A33E	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAC43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a33e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 163, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.125 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbd79',
    500: '#c9a33e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a33e;
$custom-light: #ddbd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a33e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.597,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73166,
    "c": 0.12501,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A33E

secondary

#93A4D0

accent

#72E048

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A33E

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

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