#C9A643#C9A643

#C9A643 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 73.8% C 0.123 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A643
RGB	rgb(201, 166, 67)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 66.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.54, 2.01, 54.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.54, 54.35, 87.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.82% 0.0013 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(73.82% 0.123 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.7388, 40.0975, 11.0083)
Luminance	0.4009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A643 #4366C9

analogous

#C96343 #C9A643 #A9C943

triadic

#C9A643 #43C9A6 #A643C9

tetradic

#C9A643 #43C963 #4366C9 #C943A9

square

#C9A643 #43C963 #4366C9 #C943A9

split-complementary

#C9A643 #43A9C9 #6343C9

monochromatic

#715C20 #A1832E #C9A643 #D7BD73 #E4D3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#C9A643 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.02

#C9A643 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A643

9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A643	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A643	1.00	2.33	9.02	9.02
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AE47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D99991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a643;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 166, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.8% 0.123 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddc07c',
    500: '#c9a643',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a643;
$custom-light: #ddc07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a643",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.328,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73821,
    "c": 0.123,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A643

secondary

#97A6D1

accent

#70DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A643

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

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