#C9AA4E#C9AA4E

#C9AA4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.117 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AA4E
RGB	rgb(201, 170, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 61.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.68, 0.58, 50.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.68, 50.56, 89.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.75% -0.0014 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(74.75% 0.117 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.8391, 41.7192, 13.1604)
Luminance	0.4172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AA4E #4E6DC9

analogous

#C96D4E #C9AA4E #ABC94E

triadic

#C9AA4E #4EC9AA #AA4EC9

tetradic

#C9AA4E #4EC96D #4E6DC9 #C94EAB

square

#C9AA4E #4EC96D #4E6DC9 #C94EAB

split-complementary

#C9AA4E #4EABC9 #6D4EC9

monochromatic

#786325 #A78A33 #C9AA4E #D7C17D #E6D7AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#C9AA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#C9AA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AA4E

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AA4E	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9aa4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 170, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.117 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc383',
    500: '#c9aa4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9aa4e;
$custom-light: #dcc383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9aa4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.878,
    "s": 53.247,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74751,
    "c": 0.11662,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AA4E

secondary

#9FADD3

accent

#70DD4B

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AA4E

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

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