#C4A342#C4A342

#C4A342 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.121 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A342
RGB	rgb(196, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, 1.39, 53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 53.26, 88.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.7% -0.0003 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(72.7% 0.121 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8474, 38.3256, 10.6100)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A342 #4263C4

analogous

#C46242 #C4A342 #A4C442

triadic

#C4A342 #42C4A3 #A342C4

tetradic

#C4A342 #42C462 #4263C4 #C442A4

square

#C4A342 #42C462 #4263C4 #C442A4

split-complementary

#C4A342 #42A4C4 #6242C4

monochromatic

#6A5821 #997E30 #C4A342 #D3BA71 #E1D09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#C4A342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#C4A342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A342

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A342	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)

#B4A137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.121 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9bd7b',
    500: '#c4a342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a342;
$custom-light: #d9bd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.769,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72696,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A342

secondary

#94A3CE

accent

#70DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A342

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

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