#C3A039#C3A039

#C3A039 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.125 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A039
RGB	rgb(195, 160, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 70.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, 2.06, 56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 56.12, 87.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% 0.0006 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.125 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.8170, 37.0413, 9.1333)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A039 #395CC3

analogous

#C35B39 #C3A039 #A1C339

triadic

#C3A039 #39C3A0 #A039C3

tetradic

#C3A039 #39C35B #395CC3 #C339A1

square

#C3A039 #39C35B #395CC3 #C339A1

split-complementary

#C3A039 #39A1C3 #5B39C3

monochromatic

#64521D #94792B #C3A039 #D2B767 #E0CD96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C3A039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#C3A039 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A039

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A039	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)

#B29E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 160, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.125 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bb75',
    500: '#c3a039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a039;
$custom-light: #d9bb75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.783,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71899,
    "c": 0.12523,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A039

secondary

#8C9CCC

accent

#6FDE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A039

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

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