#C2A245#C2A245

#C2A245 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.117 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A245
RGB	rgb(194, 162, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 64.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.83, 1.24, 51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.83, 51.39, 88.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.32% -0.0002 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(72.32% 0.117 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.2444, 37.7417, 11.0049)
Luminance	0.3774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A245 #4565C2

analogous

#C26445 #C2A245 #A4C245

triadic

#C2A245 #45C2A2 #A245C2

tetradic

#C2A245 #45C264 #4565C2 #C245A4

square

#C2A245 #45C264 #4565C2 #C245A4

split-complementary

#C2A245 #45A4C2 #6445C2

monochromatic

#6A5823 #987E32 #C2A245 #D1B973 #E0D0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#C2A245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.55

#C2A245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A245

8.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A245	1.00	2.46	8.55	8.55
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A03B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA949

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D1968E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 162, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.117 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8bd7d',
    500: '#c2a245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a245;
$custom-light: #d8bd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.64,
    "s": 50.607,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7232,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A245

secondary

#96A4CD

accent

#72DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15120A

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A245

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

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