#C1A962#C1A962

#C1A962 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.095 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1A962
RGB	rgb(193, 169, 98)
HSL	hsl(45, 43%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(45, 49%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 49.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.89, -0.64, 39.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.89, 39.63, 90.93°)
OKLab	oklab(74.03% -0.0021 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(74.03% 0.095 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.3862, 40.5969, 17.3669)
Luminance	0.4059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1A962 #627AC1

analogous

#C17A62 #C1A962 #AAC162

triadic

#C1A962 #62C1A9 #A962C1

tetradic

#C1A962 #62C17A #627AC1 #C162AA

square

#C1A962 #62C17A #627AC1 #C162AA

split-complementary

#C1A962 #62AAC1 #7A62C1

monochromatic

#796630 #A58C41 #C1A962 #D2C18E #E4D9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#C1A962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.12

#C1A962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C1A962

9.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1A962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C1A962	1.00	2.30	9.12	9.12
#FFFFFF	2.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A75C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDAE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE9F98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1a962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 169, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.095 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6c290',
    500: '#c1a962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1a962;
$custom-light: #d6c290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1a962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.842,
    "s": 43.379,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7403,
    "c": 0.09502,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.40595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1A962

secondary

#ACB6D3

accent

#75D355

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1A962

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

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