#C3A552#C3A552

#C3A552 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.108 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A552
RGB	rgb(195, 165, 82)
HSL	hsl(44, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(44, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.4%, 57.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, 0.98, 46.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 46.42, 88.79°)
OKLab	oklab(73.18% 0.0006 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(73.18% 0.108 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.4855, 39.1235, 13.5581)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A552 #5270C3

analogous

#C36D52 #C3A552 #A9C352

triadic

#C3A552 #52C3A5 #A552C3

tetradic

#C3A552 #52C36D #5270C3 #C352A9

square

#C3A552 #52C36D #5270C3 #C352A9

split-complementary

#C3A552 #52A9C3 #6D52C3

monochromatic

#735F28 #A08438 #C3A552 #D3BD7F #E3D4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C3A552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#C3A552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A552

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A552	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D29992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 165, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.108 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bf85',
    500: '#c3a552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a552;
$custom-light: #d8bf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.071,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73182,
    "c": 0.10832,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A552

secondary

#A0ADD0

accent

#74D850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A552

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

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