#C9A34A#C9A34A

#C9A34A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.116 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A34A
RGB	rgb(201, 163, 74)
HSL	hsl(42, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.9%, 63.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, 4.06, 50.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 50.53, 85.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% 0.0081 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.116 86)
XYZ	xyz(38.4226, 39.1086, 12.0022)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A34A #4A70C9

analogous

#C9644A #C9A34A #B0C94A

triadic

#C9A34A #4AC9A3 #A34AC9

tetradic

#C9A34A #4AC964 #4A70C9 #C94AB0

square

#C9A34A #4AC964 #4A70C9 #C94AB0

split-complementary

#C9A34A #4AB0C9 #644AC9

monochromatic

#765D23 #A58231 #C9A34A #D7BB79 #E5D3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C9A34A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#C9A34A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A34A

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A34A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A34A	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a34a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 163, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.116 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbe80',
    500: '#c9a34a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a34a;
$custom-light: #ddbe80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a34a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.047,
    "s": 54.043,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73283,
    "c": 0.11593,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.39106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A34A

secondary

#9CADD2

accent

#76DD4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#15120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A34A

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

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