#C9A443#C9A443

#C9A443 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.122 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A443
RGB	rgb(201, 164, 67)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 66.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.02, 3.08, 53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.02, 53.85, 86.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.41% 0.0044 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(73.41% 0.122 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.3780, 39.3760, 10.8880)
Luminance	0.3937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A443 #4368C9

analogous

#C96143 #C9A443 #ABC943

triadic

#C9A443 #43C9A4 #A443C9

tetradic

#C9A443 #43C961 #4368C9 #C943AB

square

#C9A443 #43C961 #4368C9 #C943AB

split-complementary

#C9A443 #43ABC9 #6143C9

monochromatic

#715B20 #A1812E #C9A443 #D7BB73 #E4D2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C9A443 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#C9A443 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A443

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A443	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A443	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)

#B6A338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D9978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a443;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 164, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.122 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbe7c',
    500: '#c9a443',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a443;
$custom-light: #ddbe7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a443",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.433,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73414,
    "c": 0.1219,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A443

secondary

#97A7D1

accent

#72DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A443

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

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