#C3A045#C3A045

#C3A045 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.116 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A045
RGB	rgb(195, 160, 69)
HSL	hsl(43, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 64.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.41, 2.75, 50.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.41, 51.02, 86.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.01% 0.0041 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(72.01% 0.116 88)
XYZ	xyz(36.1525, 37.1755, 10.9005)
Luminance	0.3717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A045 #4568C3

analogous

#C36145 #C3A045 #A7C345

triadic

#C3A045 #45C3A0 #A045C3

tetradic

#C3A045 #45C361 #4568C3 #C345A7

square

#C3A045 #45C361 #4568C3 #C345A7

split-complementary

#C3A045 #45A7C3 #6145C3

monochromatic

#6B5723 #997C31 #C3A045 #D2B873 #E1CFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C3A045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#C3A045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A045

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A045	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)

#B19F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA849

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 160, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.116 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bb7c',
    500: '#c3a045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a045;
$custom-light: #d9bb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72011,
    "c": 0.1164,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.37173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A045

secondary

#96A6CE

accent

#74DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A045

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

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