#C4A652#C4A652

#C4A652 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.109 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4A652
RGB	rgb(196, 166, 82)
HSL	hsl(44, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 58.2%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, 0.87, 46.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 46.85, 88.93°)
OKLab	oklab(73.49% 0.0002 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(73.49% 0.109 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.9258, 39.6194, 13.6307)
Luminance	0.3962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4A652 #5270C4

analogous

#C46D52 #C4A652 #A9C452

triadic

#C4A652 #52C4A6 #A652C4

tetradic

#C4A652 #52C46D #5270C4 #C452A9

square

#C4A652 #52C46D #5270C4 #C452A9

split-complementary

#C4A652 #52A9C4 #6D52C4

monochromatic

#746028 #A28637 #C4A652 #D4BD80 #E3D5AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#C4A652 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#C4A652 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C4A652

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4A652	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4A652	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D39A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4a652;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 166, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.109 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9c085',
    500: '#c4a652',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4a652;
$custom-light: #d9c085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4a652",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 49.138,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73486,
    "c": 0.10924,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4A652

secondary

#A1ADD1

accent

#73D94F

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4A652

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

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