#C9A447#C9A447

#C9A447 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.119 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A447
RGB	rgb(201, 164, 71)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 64.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, 3.33, 52.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 52.11, 86.34°)
OKLab	oklab(73.45% 0.0056 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(73.45% 0.119 87.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.5022, 39.4257, 11.5420)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A447 #476CC9

analogous

#C96347 #C9A447 #ADC947

triadic

#C9A447 #47C9A4 #A447C9

tetradic

#C9A447 #47C963 #476CC9 #C947AD

square

#C9A447 #47C963 #476CC9 #C947AD

split-complementary

#C9A447 #47ADC9 #6347C9

monochromatic

#745C22 #A38230 #C9A447 #D7BB76 #E5D3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C9A447 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#C9A447 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A447

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A447	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A447	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)

#B6A33D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a447;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 164, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.119 87.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbe7e',
    500: '#c9a447',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a447;
$custom-light: #ddbe7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a447",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.923,
    "s": 54.622,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73454,
    "c": 0.11883,
    "h": 87.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A447

secondary

#9AAAD2

accent

#74DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A447

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

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