#C1A261#C1A261

#C1A261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.091 H 84.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1A261
RGB	rgb(193, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(41, 44%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 49.7%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.05, 3.02, 37.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.05, 37.99, 85.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% 0.0084 0.091)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.091 84.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0717, 38.0430, 16.6973)
Luminance	0.3804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1A261 #6180C1

analogous

#C17261 #C1A261 #B0C161

triadic

#C1A261 #61C1A2 #A261C1

tetradic

#C1A261 #61C172 #6180C1 #C161B0

square

#C1A261 #61C172 #6180C1 #C161B0

split-complementary

#C1A261 #61B0C1 #7261C1

monochromatic

#78612F #A48440 #C1A261 #D2BC8D #E3D6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C1A261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#C1A261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1A261

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1A261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1A261	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9892

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1a261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.091 84.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bd8f',
    500: '#c1a261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1a261;
$custom-light: #d6bd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1a261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.625,
    "s": 43.636,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72576,
    "c": 0.09139,
    "h": 84.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38041
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1A261

secondary

#ABB8D2

accent

#7DD354

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1A261

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

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