#C6A545#C6A545

#C6A545 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.120 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A545
RGB	rgb(198, 165, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 65.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.00, 1.37, 52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.00, 52.78, 88.51°)
OKLab	oklab(73.33% -0.0001 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(73.33% 0.12 90)
XYZ	xyz(37.8199, 39.3479, 11.2319)
Luminance	0.3935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A545 #4566C6

analogous

#C66545 #C6A545 #A7C645

triadic

#C6A545 #45C6A5 #A545C6

tetradic

#C6A545 #45C665 #4566C6 #C645A7

square

#C6A545 #45C665 #4566C6 #C645A7

split-complementary

#C6A545 #45A7C6 #6545C6

monochromatic

#6F5B22 #9E8230 #C6A545 #D4BC74 #E3D2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C6A545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.87

#C6A545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A545

8.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A545	1.00	2.37	8.87	8.87
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A33A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D69890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 165, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.120 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbbf7d',
    500: '#c6a545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a545;
$custom-light: #dbbf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.651,
    "s": 53.086,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73335,
    "c": 0.1201,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.39346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A545

secondary

#97A6CF

accent

#70DC4B

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A545

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

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