#C4A451#C4A451

#C4A451 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.109 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A451
RGB	rgb(196, 164, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(43, 59%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.3%, 58.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.67, 1.87, 46.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.67, 46.75, 87.71°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% 0.003 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.109 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.5273, 38.8828, 13.3115)
Luminance	0.3888 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A451 #5171C4

analogous

#C46B51 #C4A451 #ABC451

triadic

#C4A451 #51C4A4 #A451C4

tetradic

#C4A451 #51C46B #5171C4 #C451AB

square

#C4A451 #51C46B #5171C4 #C451AB

split-complementary

#C4A451 #51ABC4 #6B51C4

monochromatic

#735E27 #A18437 #C4A451 #D3BC7F #E3D4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C4A451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#C4A451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A451

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A451	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 164, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.109 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9be84',
    500: '#c4a451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a451;
$custom-light: #d9be84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.304,
    "s": 49.356,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73063,
    "c": 0.10889,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38881
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A451

secondary

#A0AED1

accent

#75D94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A451

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

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