#C9B375#C9B375

#C9B375 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.085 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9B375
RGB	rgb(201, 179, 117)
HSL	hsl(44, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(44, 42%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 41.8%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, -0.73, 34.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 34.52, 91.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.001 0.0845)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.085 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4195, 45.9437, 23.4071)
Luminance	0.4594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9B375 #758BC9

analogous

#C98975 #C9B375 #B5C975

triadic

#C9B375 #75C9B3 #B375C9

tetradic

#C9B375 #75C989 #758BC9 #C975B5

square

#C9B375 #75C989 #758BC9 #C975B5

split-complementary

#C9B375 #75B5C9 #8975C9

monochromatic

#8D7637 #B89B49 #C9B375 #DACBA1 #EBE3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#C9B375 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#C9B375 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C9B375

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9B375	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9B375	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0B170

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B777

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9b375;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 179, 117);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.085 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbc99d',
    500: '#c9b375',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9b375;
$custom-light: #dbc99d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9b375",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 117
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.286,
    "s": 43.75,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77144,
    "c": 0.08452,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9B375

secondary

#BEC6DC

accent

#52B72F

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F2

border

#D4D1CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9B375

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

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