#C4993A#C4993A

#C4993A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.122 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4993A
RGB	rgb(196, 153, 58)
HSL	hsl(41, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, 6.34, 53.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 54.33, 83.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% 0.013 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.122 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9220, 34.8261, 8.8849)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4993A #3A65C4

analogous

#C4543A #C4993A #AAC43A

triadic

#C4993A #3AC499 #993AC4

tetradic

#C4993A #3AC454 #3A65C4 #C43AAA

square

#C4993A #3AC454 #3A65C4 #C43AAA

split-complementary

#C4993A #3AAAC4 #543AC4

monochromatic

#664F1E #95742C #C4993A #D3B269 #E0CA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#C4993A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#C4993A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4993A

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4993A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4993A	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC992E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4993a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 153, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.122 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab675',
    500: '#c4993a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4993a;
$custom-light: #dab675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4993a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.304,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70592,
    "c": 0.12158,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4993A

secondary

#8EA1CC

accent

#78DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4993A

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

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