#C4A241#C4A241

#C4A241 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.121 H 89.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A241
RGB	rgb(196, 162, 65)
HSL	hsl(44, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 66.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.99, 1.87, 53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.99, 53.43, 88.00°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% 0.001 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.121 89.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6413, 37.9602, 10.3971)
Luminance	0.3796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A241 #4163C4

analogous

#C46041 #C4A241 #A4C441

triadic

#C4A241 #41C4A2 #A241C4

tetradic

#C4A241 #41C460 #4163C4 #C441A4

square

#C4A241 #41C460 #4163C4 #C441A4

split-complementary

#C4A241 #41A4C4 #6041C4

monochromatic

#6A5721 #987D2F #C4A241 #D3B970 #E1D09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C4A241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#C4A241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A241

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A241	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)

#B3A035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 162, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.121 89.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bd7a',
    500: '#c4a241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a241;
$custom-light: #d9bd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.427,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72481,
    "c": 0.12089,
    "h": 89.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A241

secondary

#93A2CD

accent

#71DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A241

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

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