#C9A952#C9A952

#C9A952 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.113 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9A952
RGB	rgb(201, 169, 82)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 59.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.46, 1.40, 48.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.46, 48.44, 88.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% 0.0014 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.113 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(39.8002, 41.4048, 13.8766)
Luminance	0.4140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9A952 #5272C9

analogous

#C96E52 #C9A952 #ADC952

triadic

#C9A952 #52C9A9 #A952C9

tetradic

#C9A952 #52C96E #5272C9 #C952AD

square

#C9A952 #52C96E #5272C9 #C952AD

split-complementary

#C9A952 #52ADC9 #6E52C9

monochromatic

#7A6426 #A98A35 #C9A952 #D8C081 #E6D7AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#C9A952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.28

#C9A952 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9A952

9.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9A952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9A952	1.00	2.26	9.28	9.28
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9a952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 169, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.113 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc285',
    500: '#c9a952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9a952;
$custom-light: #dcc285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9a952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.866,
    "s": 52.423,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74592,
    "c": 0.11254,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9A952

secondary

#A3B0D4

accent

#73DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9A952

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

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