#C4A64D#C4A64D

#C4A64D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.114 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A64D
RGB	rgb(196, 166, 77)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 60.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.14, 0.50, 49.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.14, 49.18, 89.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.43% -0.0015 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(73.43% 0.114 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7425, 39.5460, 12.6649)
Luminance	0.3954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A64D #4D6BC4

analogous

#C46A4D #C4A64D #A6C44D

triadic

#C4A64D #4DC4A6 #A64DC4

tetradic

#C4A64D #4DC46A #4D6BC4 #C44DA6

square

#C4A64D #4DC46A #4D6BC4 #C44DA6

split-complementary

#C4A64D #4DA6C4 #6A4DC4

monochromatic

#715E25 #9F8435 #C4A64D #D3BD7B #E2D4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#C4A64D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.91

#C4A64D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A64D

8.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A64D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A64D	1.00	2.36	8.91	8.91
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a64d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 166, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.114 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c082',
    500: '#c4a64d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a64d;
$custom-light: #d9c082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a64d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.874,
    "s": 50.211,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73427,
    "c": 0.11365,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A64D

secondary

#9DAAD0

accent

#71DA4E

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A64D

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

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