#C2A042#C2A042

#C2A042 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.118 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A042
RGB	rgb(194, 160, 66)
HSL	hsl(44, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.5%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.28, 2.13, 52.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.28, 52.18, 87.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% 0.002 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.118 89)
XYZ	xyz(35.8042, 37.0064, 10.4103)
Luminance	0.3700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A042 #4264C2

analogous

#C26042 #C2A042 #A4C242

triadic

#C2A042 #42C2A0 #A042C2

tetradic

#C2A042 #42C260 #4264C2 #C242A4

square

#C2A042 #42C260 #4264C2 #C242A4

split-complementary

#C2A042 #42A4C2 #6042C2

monochromatic

#685522 #967B31 #C2A042 #D1B770 #E0CF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#C2A042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#C2A042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A042

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A042	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 160, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.118 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bb7b',
    500: '#c2a042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a042;
$custom-light: #d8bb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.063,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71879,
    "c": 0.11846,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.37004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A042

secondary

#94A3CC

accent

#73DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A042

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

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