#C4993D#C4993D

#C4993D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.119 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4993D
RGB	rgb(196, 153, 61)
HSL	hsl(41, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 68.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, 6.50, 52.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 53.08, 82.97°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% 0.0139 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.12 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0005, 34.8575, 9.2987)
Luminance	0.3486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4993D #3D68C4

analogous

#C4553D #C4993D #ABC43D

triadic

#C4993D #3DC499 #993DC4

tetradic

#C4993D #3DC455 #3D68C4 #C43DAB

square

#C4993D #3DC455 #3D68C4 #C43DAB

split-complementary

#C4993D #3DABC4 #553DC4

monochromatic

#67501F #96752E #C4993D #D2B26C #E1CA9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#C4993D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#C4993D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4993D

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4993D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4993D	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4993d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 153, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.119 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab677',
    500: '#c4993d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4993d;
$custom-light: #dab677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4993d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.889,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70619,
    "c": 0.1195,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4993D

secondary

#90A3CD

accent

#79DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4993D

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

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