#C3A246#C3A246

#C3A246 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.117 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A246
RGB	rgb(195, 162, 70)
HSL	hsl(44, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.9%, 64.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.94, 1.74, 51.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.94, 51.09, 88.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.43% 0.0013 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(72.43% 0.117 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.5333, 37.8871, 11.1818)
Luminance	0.3789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A246 #4667C3

analogous

#C36446 #C3A246 #A6C346

triadic

#C3A246 #46C3A2 #A246C3

tetradic

#C3A246 #46C364 #4667C3 #C346A6

square

#C3A246 #46C364 #4667C3 #C346A6

split-complementary

#C3A246 #46A6C3 #6446C3

monochromatic

#6C5823 #9A7E32 #C3A246 #D2B974 #E1D0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C3A246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#C3A246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A246

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A246	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A03C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA94A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 162, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.117 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bd7d',
    500: '#c3a246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a246;
$custom-light: #d8bd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.16,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7243,
    "c": 0.11674,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A246

secondary

#97A5CE

accent

#73DA4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A246

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

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