#C9A548#C9A548

#C9A548 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.119 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A548
RGB	rgb(201, 165, 72)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 64.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, 2.85, 51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 51.91, 86.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.67% 0.0044 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(73.67% 0.119 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.7142, 39.7980, 11.7723)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A548 #486CC9

analogous

#C96448 #C9A548 #ACC948

triadic

#C9A548 #48C9A5 #A548C9

tetradic

#C9A548 #48C964 #486CC9 #C948AC

square

#C9A548 #48C964 #486CC9 #C948AC

split-complementary

#C9A548 #48ACC9 #6448C9

monochromatic

#745D22 #A48330 #C9A548 #D7BC77 #E5D3A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#C9A548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#C9A548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A548

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A548	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A43E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 165, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.119 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddbf7f',
    500: '#c9a548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a548;
$custom-light: #ddbf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.256,
    "s": 54.43,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73667,
    "c": 0.11858,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A548

secondary

#9BAAD2

accent

#73DE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A548

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

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