#C9A347#C9A347

#C9A347 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.118 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A347
RGB	rgb(201, 163, 71)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 64.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, 3.86, 51.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 51.86, 85.73°)
OKLab	oklab(73.25% 0.0072 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(73.25% 0.118 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.3239, 39.0692, 11.4826)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A347 #476DC9

analogous

#C96247 #C9A347 #AEC947

triadic

#C9A347 #47C9A3 #A347C9

tetradic

#C9A347 #47C962 #476DC9 #C947AE

square

#C9A347 #47C962 #476DC9 #C947AE

split-complementary

#C9A347 #47AEC9 #6247C9

monochromatic

#745C22 #A38130 #C9A347 #D7BB76 #E5D2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C9A347 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#C9A347 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A347

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A347	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A347	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A23D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9968F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a347;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 163, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.118 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbe7e',
    500: '#c9a347',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a347;
$custom-light: #ddbe7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a347",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.462,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73252,
    "c": 0.11832,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A347

secondary

#9AAAD2

accent

#75DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A347

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

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