#C9A448#C9A448

#C9A448 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.118 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A448
RGB	rgb(201, 164, 72)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.07, 3.39, 51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.07, 51.66, 86.24°)
OKLab	oklab(73.46% 0.0059 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(73.46% 0.118 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.5346, 39.4386, 11.7124)
Luminance	0.3944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A448 #486DC9

analogous

#C96348 #C9A448 #ADC948

triadic

#C9A448 #48C9A4 #A448C9

tetradic

#C9A448 #48C963 #486DC9 #C948AD

square

#C9A448 #48C963 #486DC9 #C948AD

split-complementary

#C9A448 #48ADC9 #6348C9

monochromatic

#745D22 #A48230 #C9A448 #D7BB77 #E5D3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C9A448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#C9A448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A448

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A448	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A33E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 164, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.118 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbe7f',
    500: '#c9a448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a448;
$custom-light: #ddbe7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.791,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73464,
    "c": 0.11805,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A448

secondary

#9BABD2

accent

#74DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A448

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

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