#C3A656#C3A656

#C3A656 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.105 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A656
RGB	rgb(195, 166, 86)
HSL	hsl(44, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 55.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.15, 0.76, 44.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.15, 44.81, 89.03°)
OKLab	oklab(73.44% 0.0004 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(73.44% 0.105 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.8232, 39.5483, 14.4436)
Luminance	0.3955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A656 #5673C3

analogous

#C37056 #C3A656 #A9C356

triadic

#C3A656 #56C3A6 #A656C3

tetradic

#C3A656 #56C370 #5673C3 #C356A9

square

#C3A656 #56C370 #5673C3 #C356A9

split-complementary

#C3A656 #56A9C3 #7056C3

monochromatic

#75612A #A2863A #C3A656 #D3BE83 #E3D6B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C3A656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#C3A656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A656

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A656	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 166, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.105 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8c088',
    500: '#c3a656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a656;
$custom-light: #d8c088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.037,
    "s": 47.598,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73438,
    "c": 0.10528,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A656

secondary

#A4B0D1

accent

#74D751

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A656

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

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