#C9A441#C9A441

#C9A441 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.123 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A441
RGB	rgb(201, 164, 65)
HSL	hsl(44, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 67.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.01, 2.97, 54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.01, 54.70, 86.89°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% 0.0038 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.123 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(38.3191, 39.3524, 10.5775)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A441 #4166C9

analogous

#C96041 #C9A441 #AAC941

triadic

#C9A441 #41C9A4 #A441C9

tetradic

#C9A441 #41C960 #4166C9 #C941AA

square

#C9A441 #41C960 #4166C9 #C941AA

split-complementary

#C9A441 #41AAC9 #6041C9

monochromatic

#705A20 #9F802D #C9A441 #D7BB71 #E4D2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C9A441 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#C9A441 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A441

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A441	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A441	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a441;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 164, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.123 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbe7a',
    500: '#c9a441',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a441;
$custom-light: #ddbe7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a441",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.676,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73396,
    "c": 0.12338,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A441

secondary

#95A5D1

accent

#72DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A441

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

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