#C4A047#C4A047

#C4A047 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.115 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A047
RGB	rgb(196, 160, 71)
HSL	hsl(43, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 63.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.53, 3.32, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.53, 50.29, 86.22°)
OKLab	oklab(72.13% 0.0059 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(72.13% 0.115 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4750, 37.3345, 11.2451)
Luminance	0.3733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A047 #476BC4

analogous

#C46247 #C4A047 #A9C447

triadic

#C4A047 #47C4A0 #A047C4

tetradic

#C4A047 #47C462 #476BC4 #C447A9

square

#C4A047 #47C462 #476BC4 #C447A9

split-complementary

#C4A047 #47A9C4 #6247C4

monochromatic

#6D5823 #9C7D32 #C4A047 #D3B875 #E2D0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C4A047 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#C4A047 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A047

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A047	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A047	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a047;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 160, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.115 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bb7e',
    500: '#c4a047',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a047;
$custom-light: #d9bb7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a047",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.72,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72133,
    "c": 0.11511,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A047

secondary

#98A8CF

accent

#76DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A047

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

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