#C9A341#C9A341

#C9A341 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.123 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A341
RGB	rgb(201, 163, 65)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 67.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, 3.50, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 54.46, 86.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% 0.0054 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.123 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.1408, 38.9959, 10.5181)
Luminance	0.3899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A341 #4167C9

analogous

#C95F41 #C9A341 #ABC941

triadic

#C9A341 #41C9A3 #A341C9

tetradic

#C9A341 #41C95F #4167C9 #C941AB

square

#C9A341 #41C95F #4167C9 #C941AB

split-complementary

#C9A341 #41ABC9 #5F41C9

monochromatic

#705920 #9F802D #C9A341 #D7BA71 #E4D1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C9A341 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#C9A341 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A341

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A341	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A341	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a341;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 163, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.123 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbe7a',
    500: '#c9a341',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a341;
$custom-light: #ddbe7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a341",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.235,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73193,
    "c": 0.12287,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A341

secondary

#95A6D1

accent

#73DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A341

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

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