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Inflamed Jacinth

#c1a32e
Notes

Inflamed Jacinth (#C1A32E) is a true amber with a warm character. It leans warm, pulling light toward red, orange, and yellow. Naturally inviting, it suits editorial and hospitality contexts. Its HSL profile (48°, 62%, 47%) places it in the balanced band at a mid lightness. It works across type, buttons, and borders, saturated enough to feel deliberate but balanced enough to not fight the rest of the palette. For a confident two-color system, pair it with its complementary blue. For something softer, pull in its analogous neighbors on either side of the wheel.

HEX
#c1a32e
RGB
rgb(193, 163, 46)
HSL
hsl(48, 62%, 47%)
HWB
hwb(48 18% 24%)
OKLCH
oklch(72.2% 0.133 93.9)
HSV
hsv(48, 76%, 76%)
LAB
lab(67.82% -0.94 60.78)
LCH
lch(67.82% 60.79 90.88)
CMYK
cmyk(0%, 16%, 76%, 24%)

Etymology

Inflamed
adjective

Latin inflammātus, set on fire — past-participle of inflame. As a color modifier, inflamed implies a saturated-and-irritated-hot quality, the bright color of sun-burnt-skin and autumn-leaf high-anthocyanin pigmentation. Sits at the bright-and-warm end of the grid, parallel to fiery and flaming in usage.

Jacinth
noun

The yellow-orange variety of zircon — used in medieval European jewelry as a substitute for hessonite garnet. The name traces to the Greek hyakinthos, the same myth that gave the flower hyacinth its name. The color refers to a faceted Sri Lankan jacinth: a warm, slightly muted gold-orange with the gem's signature internal warmth.

Closest matches

The nearest named color in three reference sources, ranked by perceptual distance (ΔE76 in CIELAB). ΔE < 1 is imperceptible to most viewers; ΔE > 10 is clearly different. When two sources point to the same hex they’re merged into one tile; click any to open that color’s page.

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Accessibility

Color-vision simulation

How this color appears to viewers with the four major color-vision-deficiency types. Computed via the Machado (2009) physiologically-based model. If a tile matches the original, the color reads the same to that viewer.

#c1a32e
Original
#b5a018
Protanopia
#bca935
Deuteranopia
#d1968c
Tritanopia
#a1a1a1
Achromatopsia
WCAG contrast

The color used as foreground text against pure white and pure black, with the contrast ratio and WCAG 2.1 grade. Aim for AA (4.5:1) for body text and AA Large (3:1) for 18 pt+ headlines; AAA (7:1) is the gold standard for long-form reading surfaces.

The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
Failon White
2.46:1
The quick brown foxSample body text at normal size. The wcag minimum for body contrast is 4.5:1 (AA) or 7:1 (AAA).
AAAon Black
8.55:1

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