#C3A142#C3A142

#C3A142 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.119 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A142
RGB	rgb(195, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.64, 2.03, 52.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.64, 52.59, 87.79°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% 0.0016 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.119 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2358, 37.4873, 10.4804)
Luminance	0.3749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A142 #4264C3

analogous

#C36042 #C3A142 #A4C342

triadic

#C3A142 #42C3A1 #A142C3

tetradic

#C3A142 #42C360 #4264C3 #C342A4

square

#C3A142 #42C360 #4264C3 #C342A4

split-complementary

#C3A142 #42A4C3 #6042C3

monochromatic

#695621 #987C30 #C3A142 #D2B870 #E0CF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C3A142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#C3A142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A142

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A142	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.119 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bc7b',
    500: '#c3a142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a142;
$custom-light: #d9bc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.186,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72185,
    "c": 0.11929,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A142

secondary

#94A3CD

accent

#72DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A142

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

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