#C9A342#C9A342

#C9A342 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.122 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A342
RGB	rgb(201, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 67.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, 3.56, 53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 54.04, 86.22°)
OKLab	oklab(73.2% 0.0057 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(73.2% 0.122 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.1700, 39.0076, 10.6720)
Luminance	0.3901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A342 #4268C9

analogous

#C95F42 #C9A342 #ACC942

triadic

#C9A342 #42C9A3 #A342C9

tetradic

#C9A342 #42C95F #4268C9 #C942AC

square

#C9A342 #42C95F #4268C9 #C942AC

split-complementary

#C9A342 #42ACC9 #5F42C9

monochromatic

#705A20 #A0802E #C9A342 #D7BA72 #E4D1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C9A342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#C9A342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A342

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A342	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)

#B5A236

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.122 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbe7b',
    500: '#c9a342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a342;
$custom-light: #ddbe7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.111,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73202,
    "c": 0.12213,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39005
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A342

secondary

#96A7D1

accent

#73DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A342

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

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