#C2A142#C2A142

#C2A142 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.119 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A142
RGB	rgb(194, 161, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.54, 1.59, 52.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.54, 52.44, 88.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% 0.0004 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.119 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9782, 37.3545, 10.4683)
Luminance	0.3735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A142 #4263C2

analogous

#C26142 #C2A142 #A3C242

triadic

#C2A142 #42C2A1 #A142C2

tetradic

#C2A142 #42C261 #4263C2 #C242A3

square

#C2A142 #42C261 #4263C2 #C242A3

split-complementary

#C2A142 #42A3C2 #6142C2

monochromatic

#685622 #967C31 #C2A142 #D1B870 #E0CF9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#C2A142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.47

#C2A142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A142

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A142	1.00	2.48	8.47	8.47
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1948D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 161, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.119 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bc7b',
    500: '#c2a142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a142;
$custom-light: #d8bc7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.531,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72084,
    "c": 0.11903,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A142

secondary

#94A2CC

accent

#72DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A142

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

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