#C5A044#C5A044

#C5A044 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.118 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A044
RGB	rgb(197, 160, 68)
HSL	hsl(43, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 65.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.60, 3.56, 51.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.60, 51.79, 86.06°)
OKLab	oklab(72.2% 0.0062 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(72.2% 0.118 87)
XYZ	xyz(36.6421, 37.4315, 10.7628)
Luminance	0.3743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A044 #4469C5

analogous

#C56044 #C5A044 #A9C544

triadic

#C5A044 #44C5A0 #A044C5

tetradic

#C5A044 #44C560 #4469C5 #C544A9

square

#C5A044 #44C560 #4469C5 #C544A9

split-complementary

#C5A044 #44A9C5 #6044C5

monochromatic

#6D5722 #9C7D30 #C5A044 #D3B873 #E2CFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C5A044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.49

#C5A044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A044

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A044	1.00	2.47	8.49	8.49
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 160, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.118 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabb7c',
    500: '#c5a044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a044;
$custom-light: #dabb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.791,
    "s": 52.653,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72204,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.37429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A044

secondary

#96A6CF

accent

#75DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A044

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

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