#C9AA53#C9AA53

#C9AA53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.418; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.112 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AA53
RGB	rgb(201, 170, 83)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(44, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 58.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.73, 0.94, 48.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.73, 48.26, 88.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74.81% 0.0002 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(74.81% 0.112 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.0252, 41.7936, 14.1407)
Luminance	0.4179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AA53 #5372C9

analogous

#C96F53 #C9AA53 #ADC953

triadic

#C9AA53 #53C9AA #AA53C9

tetradic

#C9AA53 #53C96F #5372C9 #C953AD

square

#C9AA53 #53C96F #5372C9 #C953AD

split-complementary

#C9AA53 #53ADC9 #6F53C9

monochromatic

#7B6527 #AA8B35 #C9AA53 #D8C182 #E6D8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#C9AA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.36

#C9AA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AA53

9.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AA53	1.00	2.24	9.36	9.36
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C2B156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9aa53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 170, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.112 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc386',
    500: '#c9aa53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9aa53;
$custom-light: #dcc386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9aa53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.237,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74808,
    "c": 0.11228,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.41791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AA53

secondary

#A3B0D4

accent

#72DC4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AA53

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

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