#C3A038#C3A038

#C3A038 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.126 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C3A038
RGBrgb(195, 160, 56)
HSLhsl(45, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(45, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 17.9%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(67.30, 2.01, 56.49)
CIE-LCHlch(67.30, 56.53, 87.96°)
OKLaboklab(71.89% 0.0004 0.1259)
OKLCHoklch(71.89% 0.126 89.8)
XYZxyz(35.7923, 37.0314, 9.0032)
Luminance0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C3A038 #385BC3
analogous
#C35B38 #C3A038 #A1C338
triadic
#C3A038 #38C3A0 #A038C3
tetradic
#C3A038 #38C35B #385BC3 #C338A1
square
#C3A038 #38C35B #385BC3 #C338A1
split-complementary
#C3A038 #38A1C3 #5B38C3
monochromatic
#64521D #93792A #C3A038 #D3B765 #E1CD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50
#C3A038 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41
#C3A038 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A038
8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C3A038#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C3A0381.002.508.418.41
#FFFFFF2.501.0021.0021.00
#0000008.4121.001.001.00
##0000008.4121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#B29E29
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BBA83D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D3938B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c3a038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 160, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.126 89.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bb75',
    500: '#c3a038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c3a038;
$custom-light: #d9bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c3a038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.892,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71891,
    "c": 0.12591,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C3A038
secondary
#8B9BCC
accent
#6FDF49
background
#FDFBF7
surface
#FBF6ED
border
#D4D0C8
text
#151109
muted
#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A038

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#C3A038 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva