#C6A549#C6A549

#C6A549 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.4% C 0.117 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6A549
RGB	rgb(198, 165, 73)
HSL	hsl(44, 52%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.7%, 63.1%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, 1.63, 50.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 51.00, 88.17°)
OKLab	oklab(73.38% 0.0011 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(73.38% 0.117 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(37.9483, 39.3992, 11.9080)
Luminance	0.3940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6A549 #496AC6

analogous

#C66649 #C6A549 #A8C649

triadic

#C6A549 #49C6A5 #A549C6

tetradic

#C6A549 #49C666 #496AC6 #C649A8

square

#C6A549 #49C666 #496AC6 #C649A8

split-complementary

#C6A549 #49A8C6 #6649C6

monochromatic

#715D23 #A08332 #C6A549 #D5BC78 #E3D3A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C6A549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#C6A549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C6A549

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6A549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6A549	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D59891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6a549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 165, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.4% 0.117 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dabf7f',
    500: '#c6a549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6a549;
$custom-light: #dabf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6a549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.16,
    "s": 52.301,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73376,
    "c": 0.11691,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6A549

secondary

#9AA9D0

accent

#72DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6A549

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

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