#C3A240#C3A240

#C3A240 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.121 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A240
RGB	rgb(195, 162, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, 1.37, 53.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 53.71, 88.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.37% -0.0005 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(72.37% 0.121 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.3533, 37.8151, 10.2337)
Luminance	0.3781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A240 #4061C3

analogous

#C36040 #C3A240 #A3C340

triadic

#C3A240 #40C3A2 #A240C3

tetradic

#C3A240 #40C360 #4061C3 #C340A3

square

#C3A240 #40C360 #4061C3 #C340A3

split-complementary

#C3A240 #40A3C3 #6040C3

monochromatic

#685621 #977D2F #C3A240 #D2B96F #E0CF9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C3A240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#C3A240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A240

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A240	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 162, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.121 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bd7a',
    500: '#c3a240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a240;
$custom-light: #d9bd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.885,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72371,
    "c": 0.12139,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A240

secondary

#92A1CC

accent

#70DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A240

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

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