#C5A445#C5A445

#C5A445 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.119 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A445
RGB	rgb(197, 164, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 65%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, 1.47, 52.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 52.36, 88.39°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% 0.0003 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.119 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(37.3775, 38.8531, 11.1597)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A445 #4566C5

analogous

#C56445 #C5A445 #A6C545

triadic

#C5A445 #45C5A4 #A445C5

tetradic

#C5A445 #45C564 #4566C5 #C545A6

square

#C5A445 #45C564 #4566C5 #C545A6

split-complementary

#C5A445 #45A6C5 #6445C5

monochromatic

#6D5A22 #9C8031 #C5A445 #D4BB74 #E2D2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C5A445 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#C5A445 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A445

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A445	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A445	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A23A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a445;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 164, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.119 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabe7d',
    500: '#c5a445',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a445;
$custom-light: #dabe7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a445",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.531,
    "s": 52.459,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73031,
    "c": 0.11925,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A445

secondary

#97A5CF

accent

#71DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A445

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

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