#C3A449#C3A449

#C3A449 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.116 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A449
RGB	rgb(195, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 62.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, 0.87, 50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 50.29, 89.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% -0.0009 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.116 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.9855, 38.6361, 11.8114)
Luminance	0.3863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A449 #4968C3

analogous

#C36749 #C3A449 #A5C349

triadic

#C3A449 #49C3A4 #A449C3

tetradic

#C3A449 #49C367 #4968C3 #C349A5

square

#C3A449 #49C367 #4968C3 #C349A5

split-complementary

#C3A449 #49A5C3 #6749C3

monochromatic

#6E5B24 #9C8133 #C3A449 #D2BB77 #E1D2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C3A449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#C3A449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A449

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A449	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.116 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8be7f',
    500: '#c3a449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a449;
$custom-light: #d8be7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.754,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72873,
    "c": 0.1155,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A449

secondary

#99A7CE

accent

#71DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A449

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

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