#C9AA61#C9AA61

#C9AA61 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.099 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AA61
RGB	rgb(201, 170, 97)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 52%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 51.7%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, 2.09, 41.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 41.58, 87.13°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% 0.0052 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.099 87)
XYZ	xyz(40.6214, 42.0321, 17.2803)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AA61 #6180C9

analogous

#C97661 #C9AA61 #B4C961

triadic

#C9AA61 #61C9AA #AA61C9

tetradic

#C9AA61 #61C976 #6180C9 #C961B4

square

#C9AA61 #61C976 #6180C9 #C961B4

split-complementary

#C9AA61 #61B4C9 #7661C9

monochromatic

#83692D #B08E3C #C9AA61 #D9C38F #E8DBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C9AA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#C9AA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AA61

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AA61	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A95B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D79F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9aa61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 170, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.099 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc38f',
    500: '#c9aa61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9aa61;
$custom-light: #dcc38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9aa61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.115,
    "s": 49.057,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74991,
    "c": 0.09916,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.4203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AA61

secondary

#AEBBD8

accent

#78D94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AA61

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

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