#C1A040#C1A040

#C1A040 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.120 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1A040
RGB	rgb(193, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 66.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.17, 1.58, 52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.17, 52.90, 88.29°)
OKLab	oklab(71.76% 0.0002 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(71.76% 0.12 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4904, 36.8513, 10.0932)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1A040 #4061C1

analogous

#C15F40 #C1A040 #A1C140

triadic

#C1A040 #40C1A0 #A040C1

tetradic

#C1A040 #40C15F #4061C1 #C140A1

square

#C1A040 #40C15F #4061C1 #C140A1

split-complementary

#C1A040 #40A1C1 #5F40C1

monochromatic

#665421 #947A30 #C1A040 #D0B76E #DFCE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C1A040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#C1A040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1A040

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1A040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1A040	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1a040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.120 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7bb79',
    500: '#c1a040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1a040;
$custom-light: #d7bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1a040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.651,
    "s": 50.988,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71759,
    "c": 0.11971,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1A040

secondary

#92A0CB

accent

#71DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1A040

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

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