#C9A751#C9A751

#C9A751 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.112 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A751
RGB	rgb(201, 167, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 60%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 59.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.93, 2.40, 48.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.93, 48.35, 87.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.17% 0.0042 0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(74.17% 0.112 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.3932, 40.6512, 13.5545)
Luminance	0.4065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A751 #5173C9

analogous

#C96B51 #C9A751 #AFC951

triadic

#C9A751 #51C9A7 #A751C9

tetradic

#C9A751 #51C96B #5173C9 #C951AF

square

#C9A751 #51C96B #5173C9 #C951AF

split-complementary

#C9A751 #51AFC9 #6B51C9

monochromatic

#7A6226 #A98834 #C9A751 #D7BF80 #E6D6AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C9A751 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.13

#C9A751 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A751

9.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A751	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A751	1.00	2.30	9.13	9.13
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0AF54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a751;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 167, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.112 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc085',
    500: '#c9a751',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a751;
$custom-light: #dcc085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a751",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43,
    "s": 52.632,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74173,
    "c": 0.11221,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A751

secondary

#A2B0D4

accent

#75DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A751

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

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