#C9A445#C9A445

#C9A445 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.120 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A445
RGB	rgb(201, 164, 69)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, 3.20, 52.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 52.98, 86.53°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% 0.005 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.12 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(38.4391, 39.4004, 11.2095)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A445 #456AC9

analogous

#C96245 #C9A445 #ACC945

triadic

#C9A445 #45C9A4 #A445C9

tetradic

#C9A445 #45C962 #456AC9 #C945AC

square

#C9A445 #45C962 #456AC9 #C945AC

split-complementary

#C9A445 #45ACC9 #6245C9

monochromatic

#725C21 #A2822F #C9A445 #D7BB74 #E5D2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C9A445 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#C9A445 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A445

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A445	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A445	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A33A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a445;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 164, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.120 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbe7d',
    500: '#c9a445',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a445;
$custom-light: #ddbe7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a445",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.182,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73434,
    "c": 0.12038,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A445

secondary

#98A8D1

accent

#73DE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A445

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

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