#C4A246#C4A246

#C4A246 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.117 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A246
RGB	rgb(196, 162, 70)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.3%, 64.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, 2.18, 51.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 51.24, 87.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% 0.0025 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.117 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7926, 38.0208, 11.1940)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A246 #4668C4

analogous

#C46346 #C4A246 #A7C446

triadic

#C4A246 #46C4A2 #A246C4

tetradic

#C4A246 #46C463 #4668C4 #C446A7

square

#C4A246 #46C463 #4668C4 #C446A7

split-complementary

#C4A246 #46A7C4 #6346C4

monochromatic

#6D5923 #9B7F32 #C4A246 #D3B974 #E2D1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C4A246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#C4A246 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A246

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A246	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)

#B3A03C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAA4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3958E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 162, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.117 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bd7d',
    500: '#c4a246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a246;
$custom-light: #d9bd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.81,
    "s": 51.639,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72531,
    "c": 0.11702,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A246

secondary

#97A6CE

accent

#73DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A246

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

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