#C4A050#C4A050

#C4A050 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.108 H 85.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A050
RGB	rgb(196, 160, 80)
HSL	hsl(41, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(41, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.4%, 59.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.62, 3.95, 45.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.62, 46.16, 85.10°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% 0.0089 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.108 85.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7855, 37.4587, 12.8806)
Luminance	0.3746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A050 #5074C4

analogous

#C46650 #C4A050 #AEC450

triadic

#C4A050 #50C4A0 #A050C4

tetradic

#C4A050 #50C466 #5074C4 #C450AE

square

#C4A050 #50C466 #5074C4 #C450AE

split-complementary

#C4A050 #50AEC4 #6650C4

monochromatic

#735B27 #A18036 #C4A050 #D3B97E #E3D2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C4A050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#C4A050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A050

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A050	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A953

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 160, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.108 85.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bb83',
    500: '#c4a050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a050;
$custom-light: #d9bb83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.379,
    "s": 49.573,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72236,
    "c": 0.10754,
    "h": 85.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A050

secondary

#9FAFD1

accent

#7AD94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A050

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

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