#C3A145#C3A145

#C3A145 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.117 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A145
RGB	rgb(195, 161, 69)
HSL	hsl(44, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 64.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, 2.22, 51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 51.27, 87.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.21% 0.0025 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(72.21% 0.117 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.3266, 37.5236, 10.9585)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A145 #4567C3

analogous

#C36245 #C3A145 #A6C345

triadic

#C3A145 #45C3A1 #A145C3

tetradic

#C3A145 #45C362 #4567C3 #C345A6

square

#C3A145 #45C362 #4567C3 #C345A6

split-complementary

#C3A145 #45A6C3 #6245C3

monochromatic

#6B5723 #997D31 #C3A145 #D2B873 #E1D0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C3A145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#C3A145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A145

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A145	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)

#B29F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 161, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.117 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bc7d',
    500: '#c3a145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a145;
$custom-light: #d8bc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.81,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72215,
    "c": 0.11696,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A145

secondary

#96A5CE

accent

#73DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A145

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

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