#C4A449#C4A449

#C4A449 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.116 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A449
RGB	rgb(196, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(44, 51%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 62.8%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.58, 1.30, 50.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.58, 50.43, 88.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.0003 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.116 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.2448, 38.7698, 11.8236)
Luminance	0.3877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A449 #4969C4

analogous

#C46649 #C4A449 #A7C449

triadic

#C4A449 #49C4A4 #A449C4

tetradic

#C4A449 #49C466 #4969C4 #C449A7

square

#C4A449 #49C466 #4969C4 #C449A7

split-complementary

#C4A449 #49A7C4 #6649C4

monochromatic

#6F5B24 #9D8133 #C4A449 #D3BB77 #E2D2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C4A449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#C4A449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A449

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A449	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)

#B5A23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.116 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9be7f',
    500: '#c4a449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a449;
$custom-light: #d9be7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.39,
    "s": 51.037,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72972,
    "c": 0.11576,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A449

secondary

#9AA8CF

accent

#72DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A449

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

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