#C4A03E#C4A03E

#C4A03E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.122 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A03E
RGB	rgb(196, 160, 62)
HSL	hsl(44, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, 2.77, 54.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 54.21, 87.07°)
OKLab	oklab(72.05% 0.0032 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(72.05% 0.122 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2072, 37.2274, 9.8350)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A03E #3E62C4

analogous

#C45D3E #C4A03E #A5C43E

triadic

#C4A03E #3EC4A0 #A03EC4

tetradic

#C4A03E #3EC45D #3E62C4 #C43EA5

square

#C4A03E #3EC45D #3E62C4 #C43EA5

split-complementary

#C4A03E #3EA5C4 #5D3EC4

monochromatic

#685420 #977B2E #C4A03E #D2B76D #E1CE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C4A03E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#C4A03E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A03E

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A03E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A03E	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a03e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 160, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.122 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabb78',
    500: '#c4a03e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a03e;
$custom-light: #dabb78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a03e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.881,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72045,
    "c": 0.122,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A03E

secondary

#91A1CD

accent

#72DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A03E

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

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