#C5A449#C5A449

#C5A449 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.116 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5A449
RGB	rgb(197, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 62.9%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, 1.73, 50.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 50.58, 88.04°)
OKLab	oklab(73.07% 0.0015 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(73.07% 0.116 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.5059, 38.9044, 11.8358)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5A449 #496AC5

analogous

#C56649 #C5A449 #A8C549

triadic

#C5A449 #49C5A4 #A449C5

tetradic

#C5A449 #49C566 #496AC5 #C549A8

square

#C5A449 #49C566 #496AC5 #C549A8

split-complementary

#C5A449 #49A8C5 #6649C5

monochromatic

#705C24 #9E8232 #C5A449 #D4BB77 #E3D2A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C5A449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#C5A449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C5A449

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5A449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5A449	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)

#B5A23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D49790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5a449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.116 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabe7f',
    500: '#c5a449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5a449;
$custom-light: #dabe7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5a449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.032,
    "s": 51.667,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73072,
    "c": 0.11603,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5A449

secondary

#9AA8D0

accent

#73DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5A449

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

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