#C4A244#C4A244

#C4A244 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.119 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A244
RGB	rgb(196, 162, 68)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 65.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, 2.05, 52.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 52.13, 87.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% 0.0019 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.119 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7306, 37.9959, 10.8670)
Luminance	0.3799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A244 #4466C4

analogous

#C46244 #C4A244 #A6C444

triadic

#C4A244 #44C4A2 #A244C4

tetradic

#C4A244 #44C462 #4466C4 #C444A6

square

#C4A244 #44C462 #4466C4 #C444A6

split-complementary

#C4A244 #44A6C4 #6244C4

monochromatic

#6C5822 #9A7E31 #C4A244 #D3B973 #E1D0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C4A244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#C4A244 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A244

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A244	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 162, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.119 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bd7c',
    500: '#c4a244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a244;
$custom-light: #d9bd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.063,
    "s": 52.033,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72511,
    "c": 0.11859,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A244

secondary

#96A5CE

accent

#72DB4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A244

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

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