#C3A653#C3A653

#C3A653 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.108 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A653
RGB	rgb(195, 166, 83)
HSL	hsl(44, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 57.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.11, 0.52, 46.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.11, 46.24, 89.35°)
OKLab	oklab(73.4% -0.0006 0.1081)
OKLCH	oklch(73.4% 0.108 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.7049, 39.5010, 13.8204)
Luminance	0.3950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A653 #5370C3

analogous

#C36E53 #C3A653 #A8C353

triadic

#C3A653 #53C3A6 #A653C3

tetradic

#C3A653 #53C36E #5370C3 #C353A8

square

#C3A653 #53C36E #5370C3 #C353A8

split-complementary

#C3A653 #53A8C3 #6E53C3

monochromatic

#736028 #A18638 #C3A653 #D3BD80 #E3D5AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C3A653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.90

#C3A653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A653

8.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A653	1.00	2.36	8.90	8.90
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 166, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.108 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c086',
    500: '#c3a653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a653;
$custom-light: #d8c086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.464,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.734,
    "c": 0.10806,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A653

secondary

#A1ADD1

accent

#73D850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A653

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

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