#C6A040#C6A040

#C6A040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.121 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A040
RGB	rgb(198, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 54%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.2%, 67.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, 3.75, 53.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 53.69, 85.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.27% 0.0062 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(72.27% 0.121 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.7869, 37.5199, 10.1540)
Luminance	0.3752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A040 #4066C6

analogous

#C65D40 #C6A040 #A9C640

triadic

#C6A040 #40C6A0 #A040C6

tetradic

#C6A040 #40C65D #4066C6 #C640A9

square

#C6A040 #40C65D #4066C6 #C640A9

split-complementary

#C6A040 #40A9C6 #5D40C6

monochromatic

#6C5620 #9B7C2E #C6A040 #D4B76F #E2CF9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C6A040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.50

#C6A040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A040

8.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A040	1.00	2.47	8.50	8.50
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.121 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbb79',
    500: '#c6a040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a040;
$custom-light: #dbbb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.985,
    "s": 54.032,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72268,
    "c": 0.12115,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A040

secondary

#93A4CE

accent

#74DD4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A040

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

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