#C4A447#C4A447

#C4A447 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.117 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A447
RGB	rgb(196, 164, 71)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 63.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, 1.17, 51.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 51.33, 88.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0003 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.117 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.1796, 38.7437, 11.4800)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A447 #4767C4

analogous

#C46647 #C4A447 #A5C447

triadic

#C4A447 #47C4A4 #A447C4

tetradic

#C4A447 #47C466 #4767C4 #C447A5

square

#C4A447 #47C466 #4767C4 #C447A5

split-complementary

#C4A447 #47A5C4 #6647C4

monochromatic

#6D5A23 #9C8132 #C4A447 #D3BB75 #E2D2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C4A447 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#C4A447 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A447

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A447	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A447	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A23D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a447;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 164, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.117 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9be7e',
    500: '#c4a447',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a447;
$custom-light: #d9be7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a447",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.64,
    "s": 51.44,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72951,
    "c": 0.1174,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A447

secondary

#98A6CF

accent

#71DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A447

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

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