#C3A243#C3A243

#C3A243 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.119 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A243
RGB	rgb(195, 162, 67)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 65.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, 1.55, 52.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 52.41, 88.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% 0.0004 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.119 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.4410, 37.8501, 10.6955)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A243 #4364C3

analogous

#C36243 #C3A243 #A4C343

triadic

#C3A243 #43C3A2 #A243C3

tetradic

#C3A243 #43C362 #4364C3 #C343A4

square

#C3A243 #43C362 #4364C3 #C343A4

split-complementary

#C3A243 #43A4C3 #6243C3

monochromatic

#6A5722 #987E31 #C3A243 #D2B971 #E1D0A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C3A243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#C3A243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A243

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A243	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 162, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.119 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bd7b',
    500: '#c3a243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a243;
$custom-light: #d9bd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.531,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.724,
    "c": 0.1191,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A243

secondary

#95A3CD

accent

#71DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A243

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

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