#C1A042#C1A042

#C1A042 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.118 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1A042
RGB	rgb(193, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(44, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 65.8%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.18, 1.70, 52.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.18, 52.03, 88.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% 0.0008 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.118 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5483, 36.8745, 10.3983)
Luminance	0.3687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1A042 #4263C1

analogous

#C16042 #C1A042 #A3C142

triadic

#C1A042 #42C1A0 #A042C1

tetradic

#C1A042 #42C160 #4263C1 #C142A3

square

#C1A042 #42C160 #4263C1 #C142A3

split-complementary

#C1A042 #42A3C1 #6042C1

monochromatic

#675522 #957B31 #C1A042 #D0B770 #DFCE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#C1A042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#C1A042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1A042

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1A042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1A042	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)

#B19E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1a042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.118 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7bb7b',
    500: '#c1a042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1a042;
$custom-light: #d7bb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1a042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.409,
    "s": 50.598,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71778,
    "c": 0.11818,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1A042

secondary

#93A2CC

accent

#72DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1A042

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

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