#C3A040#C3A040

#C3A040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.120 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A040
RGB	rgb(195, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.36, 2.45, 53.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.36, 53.20, 87.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.96% 0.0026 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(71.96% 0.12 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0038, 37.1160, 10.1172)
Luminance	0.3711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A040 #4063C3

analogous

#C35E40 #C3A040 #A5C340

triadic

#C3A040 #40C3A0 #A040C3

tetradic

#C3A040 #40C35E #4063C3 #C340A5

square

#C3A040 #40C35E #4063C3 #C340A5

split-complementary

#C3A040 #40A5C3 #5E40C3

monochromatic

#685521 #977B2F #C3A040 #D2B76F #E0CE9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C3A040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.42

#C3A040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A040

8.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A040	1.00	2.49	8.42	8.42
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.120 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bb79',
    500: '#c3a040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a040;
$custom-light: #d9bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.969,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71961,
    "c": 0.12025,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A040

secondary

#92A2CC

accent

#73DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A040

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

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