#C0A259#C0A259

#C0A259 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.099 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0A259
RGB	rgb(192, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 53.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.85, 1.88, 41.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.85, 41.74, 87.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% 0.0043 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.099 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.4632, 37.7703, 14.8190)
Luminance	0.3777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0A259 #5977C0

analogous

#C06E59 #C0A259 #ABC059

triadic

#C0A259 #59C0A2 #A259C0

tetradic

#C0A259 #59C06E #5977C0 #C059AB

square

#C0A259 #59C06E #5977C0 #C059AB

split-complementary

#C0A259 #59ABC0 #6E59C0

monochromatic

#735E2C #9F833C #C0A259 #D1BB85 #E2D4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C0A259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#C0A259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0A259

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0A259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0A259	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A153

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A95C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0a259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.099 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5bd8a',
    500: '#c0a259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0a259;
$custom-light: #d5bd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0a259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.524,
    "s": 44.978,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72361,
    "c": 0.09892,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0A259

secondary

#A5B1D0

accent

#79D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0A259

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

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