#C9A545#C9A545

#C9A545 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.6% C 0.121 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A545
RGB	rgb(201, 165, 69)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 65.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, 2.67, 53.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 53.23, 87.13°)
OKLab	oklab(73.64% 0.0035 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(73.64% 0.121 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6187, 39.7598, 11.2694)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A545 #4569C9

analogous

#C96345 #C9A545 #ABC945

triadic

#C9A545 #45C9A5 #A545C9

tetradic

#C9A545 #45C963 #4569C9 #C945AB

square

#C9A545 #45C963 #4569C9 #C945AB

split-complementary

#C9A545 #45ABC9 #6345C9

monochromatic

#725C21 #A2822F #C9A545 #D7BC74 #E5D3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C9A545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#C9A545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A545

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A545	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A33A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 165, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.6% 0.121 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbf7d',
    500: '#c9a545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a545;
$custom-light: #ddbf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 55,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73637,
    "c": 0.12092,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A545

secondary

#98A8D1

accent

#72DE49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A545

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

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