#C4A040#C4A040

#C4A040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.121 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A040
RGB	rgb(196, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, 2.88, 53.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 53.36, 86.90°)
OKLab	oklab(72.06% 0.0038 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(72.06% 0.121 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2631, 37.2498, 10.1294)
Luminance	0.3725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A040 #4064C4

analogous

#C45E40 #C4A040 #A6C440

triadic

#C4A040 #40C4A0 #A040C4

tetradic

#C4A040 #40C45E #4064C4 #C440A6

square

#C4A040 #40C45E #4064C4 #C440A6

split-complementary

#C4A040 #40A6C4 #5E40C4

monochromatic

#695520 #987B2F #C4A040 #D2B76F #E1CF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#C4A040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#C4A040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A040

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A040	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)

#B29F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.121 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bb79',
    500: '#c4a040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a040;
$custom-light: #d9bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72063,
    "c": 0.12054,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A040

secondary

#93A3CD

accent

#73DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A040

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

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