#C3A451#C3A451

#C3A451 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.109 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A451
RGB	rgb(195, 164, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(44, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 58.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, 1.44, 46.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 46.60, 88.23°)
OKLab	oklab(72.96% 0.0018 0.1086)
OKLCH	oklch(72.96% 0.109 89)
XYZ	xyz(37.2680, 38.7491, 13.2993)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A451 #5170C3

analogous

#C36B51 #C3A451 #A9C351

triadic

#C3A451 #51C3A4 #A451C3

tetradic

#C3A451 #51C36B #5170C3 #C351A9

square

#C3A451 #51C36B #5170C3 #C351A9

split-complementary

#C3A451 #51A9C3 #6B51C3

monochromatic

#725E27 #A08337 #C3A451 #D3BC7F #E2D4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C3A451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#C3A451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A451

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A451	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 164, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.109 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8be84',
    500: '#c3a451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a451;
$custom-light: #d8be84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.684,
    "s": 48.718,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72964,
    "c": 0.10859,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.38747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A451

secondary

#A0ADD0

accent

#75D850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A451

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

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