#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
RGB	rgb(195, 160, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, 2.01, 56.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 56.53, 87.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.89% 0.0004 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(71.89% 0.126 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.7923, 37.0314, 9.0032)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##C3A038	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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