#C9A466#C9A466

#C9A466 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.9% C 0.091 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C9A466
RGBrgb(201, 164, 102)
HSLhsl(38, 48%, 59%)
HSVhsv(38, 49%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 18.4%, 49.3%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(69.42, 5.76, 37.14)
CIE-LCHlch(69.42, 37.59, 81.18°)
OKLaboklab(73.85% 0.0165 0.0896)
OKLCHoklch(73.85% 0.091 79.5)
XYZxyz(39.7627, 39.9299, 18.1806)
Luminance0.3993 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C9A466 #668BC9
analogous
#C97366 #C9A466 #BCC966
triadic
#C9A466 #66C9A4 #A466C9
tetradic
#C9A466 #66C973 #668BC9 #C966BC
square
#C9A466 #66C973 #668BC9 #C966BC
split-complementary
#C9A466 #66BCC9 #7366C9
monochromatic
#85652F #B3883F #C9A466 #D9BF93 #E9DAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34
#C9A466 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99
#C9A466 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A466
8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C9A466#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C9A4661.002.348.998.99
#FFFFFF2.341.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9921.001.001.00
##0000008.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B3A461
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BCAD68
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D79995
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c9a466;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 164, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.9% 0.091 79.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe93',
    500: '#c9a466',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c9a466;
$custom-light: #dbbe93;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c9a466",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.576,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73854,
    "c": 0.09112,
    "h": 79.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C9A466
secondary
#B2C1D9
accent
#83D750
background
#FDFBF9
surface
#FBF6F1
border
#D4D0CB
text
#15120D
muted
#83817E

Preview Lab

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#C9A466 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva