#C4A341#C4A341

#C4A341 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.121 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A341
RGB	rgb(196, 163, 65)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 66.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.25, 1.33, 53.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.25, 53.69, 88.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0006 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.121 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.8182, 38.3139, 10.4561)
Luminance	0.3831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A341 #4162C4

analogous

#C46141 #C4A341 #A3C441

triadic

#C4A341 #41C4A3 #A341C4

tetradic

#C4A341 #41C461 #4162C4 #C441A3

square

#C4A341 #41C461 #4162C4 #C441A3

split-complementary

#C4A341 #41A3C4 #6141C4

monochromatic

#6A5721 #987E2F #C4A341 #D3BA70 #E1D09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C4A341 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#C4A341 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A341

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A341	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A341	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a341;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 163, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.121 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bd7a',
    500: '#c4a341',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a341;
$custom-light: #d9bd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a341",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.885,
    "s": 52.61,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72687,
    "c": 0.12148,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A341

secondary

#93A2CD

accent

#70DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151209

muted

#83817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A341

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

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