#C3A042#C3A042

#C3A042 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.119 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A042
RGB	rgb(195, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.38, 2.57, 52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.38, 52.34, 87.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.98% 0.0032 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(71.98% 0.119 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0617, 37.1392, 10.4224)
Luminance	0.3714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A042 #4265C3

analogous

#C35F42 #C3A042 #A5C342

triadic

#C3A042 #42C3A0 #A042C3

tetradic

#C3A042 #42C35F #4265C3 #C342A5

square

#C3A042 #42C35F #4265C3 #C342A5

split-complementary

#C3A042 #42A5C3 #5F42C3

monochromatic

#695621 #987C30 #C3A042 #D2B770 #E0CF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C3A042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#C3A042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A042

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A042	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.119 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bb7b',
    500: '#c3a042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a042;
$custom-light: #d9bb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.721,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71981,
    "c": 0.11873,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A042

secondary

#94A3CD

accent

#73DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A042

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

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