#C3A962#C3A962

#C3A962 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.096 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3A962
RGB	rgb(195, 169, 98)
HSL	hsl(44, 45%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(44, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.3%, 49.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, 0.20, 39.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 39.90, 89.72°)
OKLab	oklab(74.22% 0.0002 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(74.22% 0.096 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.8996, 40.8617, 17.3910)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3A962 #627CC3

analogous

#C37962 #C3A962 #ACC362

triadic

#C3A962 #62C3A9 #A962C3

tetradic

#C3A962 #62C379 #627CC3 #C362AC

square

#C3A962 #62C379 #627CC3 #C362AC

split-complementary

#C3A962 #62ACC3 #7962C3

monochromatic

#7B672F #A88C40 #C3A962 #D4C18E #E5DABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#C3A962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#C3A962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3A962

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3A962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3A962	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A75C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3a962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 169, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.096 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7c290',
    500: '#c3a962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3a962;
$custom-light: #d7c290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3a962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.918,
    "s": 44.7,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74221,
    "c": 0.09557,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3A962

secondary

#ADB7D4

accent

#76D453

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3A962

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

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