#C3A140#C3A140

#C3A140 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.121 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A140
RGB	rgb(195, 161, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, 1.91, 53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 53.45, 87.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.17% 0.001 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(72.17% 0.121 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.1779, 37.4642, 10.1753)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A140 #4062C3

analogous

#C35F40 #C3A140 #A4C340

triadic

#C3A140 #40C3A1 #A140C3

tetradic

#C3A140 #40C35F #4062C3 #C340A4

square

#C3A140 #40C35F #4062C3 #C340A4

split-complementary

#C3A140 #40A4C3 #5F40C3

monochromatic

#685521 #977C2F #C3A140 #D2B86F #E0CF9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C3A140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#C3A140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A140

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A140	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 161, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.121 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bc79',
    500: '#c3a140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a140;
$custom-light: #d9bc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.427,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72166,
    "c": 0.1208,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A140

secondary

#92A1CC

accent

#71DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A140

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

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