#C2A151#C2A151

#C2A151 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.106 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A151
RGB	rgb(194, 161, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(42, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 58.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.69, 2.62, 45.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.69, 45.61, 86.70°)
OKLab	oklab(72.25% 0.0053 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(72.25% 0.106 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.4799, 37.5552, 13.1104)
Luminance	0.3755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A151 #5172C2

analogous

#C26951 #C2A151 #ABC251

triadic

#C2A151 #51C2A1 #A151C2

tetradic

#C2A151 #51C269 #5172C2 #C251AB

square

#C2A151 #51C269 #5172C2 #C251AB

split-complementary

#C2A151 #51ABC2 #6951C2

monochromatic

#715C28 #9E8037 #C2A151 #D2B97E #E2D2AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#C2A151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#C2A151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A151

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A151	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A954

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1958F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 161, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.106 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7bc84',
    500: '#c2a151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a151;
$custom-light: #d7bc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.478,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7225,
    "c": 0.10647,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A151

secondary

#9FADD0

accent

#78D850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A151

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

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