#C4A145#C4A145

#C4A145 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.117 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A145
RGB	rgb(196, 161, 69)
HSL	hsl(43, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.9%, 64.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, 2.65, 51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 51.43, 87.05°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% 0.0037 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.117 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.5859, 37.6573, 10.9706)
Luminance	0.3765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A145 #4568C4

analogous

#C46245 #C4A145 #A7C445

triadic

#C4A145 #45C4A1 #A145C4

tetradic

#C4A145 #45C462 #4568C4 #C445A7

square

#C4A145 #45C462 #4568C4 #C445A7

split-complementary

#C4A145 #45A7C4 #6245C4

monochromatic

#6C5822 #9B7E31 #C4A145 #D3B873 #E1D0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C4A145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#C4A145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A145

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A145	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 161, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.117 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bc7d',
    500: '#c4a145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a145;
$custom-light: #d9bc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.465,
    "s": 51.837,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72316,
    "c": 0.11725,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A145

secondary

#97A6CE

accent

#74DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A145

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

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