#C0A459#C0A459

#C0A459 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.100 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0A459
RGB	rgb(192, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 53.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.37, 0.81, 42.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.37, 42.33, 88.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.77% 0.0011 0.1002)
OKLCH	oklch(72.77% 0.1 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.8183, 38.4805, 14.9374)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0A459 #5975C0

analogous

#C07059 #C0A459 #A9C059

triadic

#C0A459 #59C0A4 #A459C0

tetradic

#C0A459 #59C070 #5975C0 #C059A9

square

#C0A459 #59C070 #5975C0 #C059A9

split-complementary

#C0A459 #59A9C0 #7059C0

monochromatic

#73602C #9F843C #C0A459 #D1BC85 #E2D5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C0A459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#C0A459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0A459

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0A459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0A459	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0a459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.100 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5be8a',
    500: '#c0a459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0a459;
$custom-light: #d5be8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0a459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.689,
    "s": 44.978,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72772,
    "c": 0.10022,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.38479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0A459

secondary

#A5B1D0

accent

#76D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0A459

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

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