#C2A161#C2A161

#C2A161 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.091 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A161
RGB	rgb(194, 161, 97)
HSL	hsl(40, 44%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(40, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 50%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.89, 3.98, 37.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.89, 37.90, 83.97°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0112 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.091 83)
XYZ	xyz(37.1521, 37.8241, 16.6508)
Luminance	0.3782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A161 #6182C2

analogous

#C27161 #C2A161 #B2C261

triadic

#C2A161 #61C2A1 #A161C2

tetradic

#C2A161 #61C271 #6182C2 #C261B2

square

#C2A161 #61C271 #6182C2 #C261B2

split-complementary

#C2A161 #61B2C2 #7161C2

monochromatic

#7A602F #A68340 #C2A161 #D3BB8D #E4D6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C2A161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#C2A161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A161

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A161	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A05C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A963

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09691

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 161, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.091 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bc8f',
    500: '#c2a161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a161;
$custom-light: #d6bc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.588,
    "s": 44.292,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72471,
    "c": 0.09127,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.37822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A161

secondary

#ACB9D3

accent

#7FD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A161

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

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