#C9AB54#C9AB54

#C9AB54 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.422; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.112 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9AB54
RGB	rgb(201, 171, 84)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 58.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.00, 0.49, 48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.00, 48.08, 89.42°)
OKLab	oklab(75.02% -0.001 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(75.02% 0.112 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.2523, 42.1855, 14.4082)
Luminance	0.4218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9AB54 #5472C9

analogous

#C97054 #C9AB54 #ADC954

triadic

#C9AB54 #54C9AB #AB54C9

tetradic

#C9AB54 #54C970 #5472C9 #C954AD

square

#C9AB54 #54C970 #5472C9 #C954AD

split-complementary

#C9AB54 #54ADC9 #7054C9

monochromatic

#7C6627 #AA8C36 #C9AB54 #D8C283 #E6D9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#C9AB54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.44

#C9AB54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9AB54

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9AB54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9AB54	1.00	2.23	9.44	9.44
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D89F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9ab54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 171, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.112 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcc387',
    500: '#c9ab54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9ab54;
$custom-light: #dcc387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9ab54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.615,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75025,
    "c": 0.11203,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9AB54

secondary

#A4B1D5

accent

#71DB4C

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9AB54

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

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