#C9A436#C9A436

#C9A436 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.131 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A436
RGB	rgb(201, 164, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 73.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.92, 2.40, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.92, 59.15, 87.68°)
OKLab	oklab(73.3% 0.0009 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(73.3% 0.131 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.0309, 39.2372, 9.0597)
Luminance	0.3923 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A436 #365BC9

analogous

#C95B36 #C9A436 #A4C936

triadic

#C9A436 #36C9A4 #A436C9

tetradic

#C9A436 #36C95B #365BC9 #C936A4

square

#C9A436 #36C95B #365BC9 #C936A4

split-complementary

#C9A436 #36A4C9 #5B36C9

monochromatic

#69551C #997D29 #C9A436 #D6BA66 #E3D096

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C9A436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#C9A436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A436

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A436	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A225

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AC3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 164, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.131 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#debe74',
    500: '#c9a436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a436;
$custom-light: #debe74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.898,
    "s": 57.647,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73303,
    "c": 0.13083,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A436

secondary

#8C9DCE

accent

#6EE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A436

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

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