#C0A462#C0A462

#C0A462 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.091 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0A462
RGB	rgb(192, 164, 98)
HSL	hsl(42, 43%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 49%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 49%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, 1.62, 37.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 37.91, 87.55°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% 0.0045 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.091 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.2196, 38.6410, 17.0509)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0A462 #627EC0

analogous

#C07562 #C0A462 #ADC062

triadic

#C0A462 #62C0A4 #A462C0

tetradic

#C0A462 #62C075 #627EC0 #C062AD

square

#C0A462 #62C075 #627EC0 #C062AD

split-complementary

#C0A462 #62ADC0 #7562C0

monochromatic

#786230 #A38642 #C0A462 #D2BD8E #E3D7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C0A462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#C0A462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C0A462

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0A462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0A462	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A35D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9AA64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD9A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0a462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 164, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.091 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5be90',
    500: '#c0a462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0a462;
$custom-light: #d5be90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0a462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.128,
    "s": 42.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72903,
    "c": 0.0912,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38639
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0A462

secondary

#ACB7D2

accent

#7BD355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#14120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0A462

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

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