#C4A142#C4A142

#C4A142 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.120 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A142
RGB	rgb(196, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.74, 2.46, 52.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.74, 52.74, 87.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% 0.0028 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.12 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.4951, 37.6210, 10.4925)
Luminance	0.3762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A142 #4265C4

analogous

#C46042 #C4A142 #A6C442

triadic

#C4A142 #42C4A1 #A142C4

tetradic

#C4A142 #42C460 #4265C4 #C442A6

square

#C4A142 #42C460 #4265C4 #C442A6

split-complementary

#C4A142 #42A6C4 #6042C4

monochromatic

#6A5721 #997D30 #C4A142 #D3B871 #E1CF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C4A142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#C4A142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A142

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A142	1.00	2.46	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.120 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bc7b',
    500: '#c4a142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a142;
$custom-light: #d9bc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.846,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72287,
    "c": 0.11957,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A142

secondary

#94A4CE

accent

#73DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A142

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

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