#C1A256#C1A256

#C1A256 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.102 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1A256
RGB	rgb(193, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(43, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 55.4%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.91, 2.06, 43.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.91, 43.35, 87.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% 0.0043 0.102)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.102 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.5939, 37.8519, 14.1810)
Luminance	0.3785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1A256 #5675C1

analogous

#C16D56 #C1A256 #AAC156

triadic

#C1A256 #56C1A2 #A256C1

tetradic

#C1A256 #56C16D #5675C1 #C156AA

square

#C1A256 #56C16D #5675C1 #C156AA

split-complementary

#C1A256 #56AAC1 #6D56C1

monochromatic

#735E2A #9F823A #C1A256 #D1BB83 #E2D3B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C1A256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.57

#C1A256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1A256

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1A256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1A256	1.00	2.45	8.57	8.57
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A959

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1a256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.102 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bd88',
    500: '#c1a256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1a256;
$custom-light: #d6bd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1a256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.617,
    "s": 46.32,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72419,
    "c": 0.10213,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1A256

secondary

#A3B0D0

accent

#78D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1A256

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

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