#C6A446#C6A446

#C6A446 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.119 H 89.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A446
RGB	rgb(198, 164, 70)
HSL	hsl(44, 53%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 64.6%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.75, 1.97, 52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.75, 52.07, 87.83°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% 0.0018 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.119 89.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6716, 39.0011, 11.3369)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A446 #4668C6

analogous

#C66446 #C6A446 #A8C646

triadic

#C6A446 #46C6A4 #A446C6

tetradic

#C6A446 #46C664 #4668C6 #C646A8

square

#C6A446 #46C664 #4668C6 #C646A8

split-complementary

#C6A446 #46A8C6 #6446C6

monochromatic

#6F5B22 #9E8131 #C6A446 #D4BB75 #E3D2A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C6A446 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#C6A446 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A446

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A446	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A446	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A23B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a446;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 164, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.119 89.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbe7d',
    500: '#c6a446',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a446;
$custom-light: #dbbe7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a446",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.063,
    "s": 52.893,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73141,
    "c": 0.11873,
    "h": 89.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A446

secondary

#98A7D0

accent

#72DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A446

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

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