#C4A044#C4A044

#C4A044 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.117 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A044
RGB	rgb(196, 160, 68)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.50, 3.13, 51.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.50, 51.62, 86.53°)
OKLab	oklab(72.1% 0.005 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(72.1% 0.118 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.3811, 37.2969, 10.7505)
Luminance	0.3730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A044 #4468C4

analogous

#C46044 #C4A044 #A8C444

triadic

#C4A044 #44C4A0 #A044C4

tetradic

#C4A044 #44C460 #4468C4 #C444A8

square

#C4A044 #44C460 #4468C4 #C444A8

split-complementary

#C4A044 #44A8C4 #6044C4

monochromatic

#6C5722 #9A7C31 #C4A044 #D3B873 #E1CFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C4A044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.46

#C4A044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A044

8.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A044	1.00	2.48	8.46	8.46
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 160, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.117 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bb7c',
    500: '#c4a044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a044;
$custom-light: #d9bb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.125,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72102,
    "c": 0.1175,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37295
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A044

secondary

#96A6CE

accent

#75DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A044

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

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