#C6A139#C6A139

#C6A139 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.127 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A139
RGB	rgb(198, 161, 57)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 71.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.87, 2.84, 56.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.87, 56.82, 87.14°)
OKLab	oklab(72.41% 0.0027 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(72.41% 0.127 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.7742, 37.7932, 9.2280)
Luminance	0.3779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A139 #395EC6

analogous

#C65A39 #C6A139 #A5C639

triadic

#C6A139 #39C6A1 #A139C6

tetradic

#C6A139 #39C65A #395EC6 #C639A5

square

#C6A139 #39C65A #395EC6 #C639A5

split-complementary

#C6A139 #39A5C6 #5A39C6

monochromatic

#67541E #967A2B #C6A139 #D4B869 #E1CE98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C6A139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#C6A139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A139

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A139	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 161, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.127 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbc75',
    500: '#c6a139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a139;
$custom-light: #dbbc75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.255,
    "s": 55.294,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7241,
    "c": 0.12655,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A139

secondary

#8E9ECD

accent

#70DF49

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A139

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

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