#C4A240#C4A240

#C4A240 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.122 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A240
RGB	rgb(196, 162, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, 1.81, 53.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 53.86, 88.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0007 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.122 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.6126, 37.9488, 10.2459)
Luminance	0.3795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A240 #4062C4

analogous

#C46040 #C4A240 #A4C440

triadic

#C4A240 #40C4A2 #A240C4

tetradic

#C4A240 #40C460 #4062C4 #C440A4

square

#C4A240 #40C460 #4062C4 #C440A4

split-complementary

#C4A240 #40A4C4 #6040C4

monochromatic

#695620 #987D2F #C4A240 #D2B96F #E1D09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C4A240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#C4A240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A240

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A240	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 162, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.122 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bd7a',
    500: '#c4a240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a240;
$custom-light: #d9bd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.545,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72472,
    "c": 0.12164,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A240

secondary

#93A2CD

accent

#71DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A240

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

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