#C6A342#C6A342

#C6A342 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.121 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A342
RGB	rgb(198, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(44, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.46, 2.26, 53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.46, 53.56, 87.58°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% 0.0021 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.121 89)
XYZ	xyz(37.3712, 38.5957, 10.6345)
Luminance	0.3859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A342 #4265C6

analogous

#C66142 #C6A342 #A7C642

triadic

#C6A342 #42C6A3 #A342C6

tetradic

#C6A342 #42C661 #4265C6 #C642A7

square

#C6A342 #42C661 #4265C6 #C642A7

split-complementary

#C6A342 #42A7C6 #6142C6

monochromatic

#6D5921 #9C7F2F #C6A342 #D4BA71 #E2D1A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C6A342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#C6A342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A342

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A342	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.121 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe7b',
    500: '#c6a342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a342;
$custom-light: #dbbe7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.091,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72897,
    "c": 0.12125,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.38593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A342

secondary

#95A4CF

accent

#72DD4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A342

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

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