#C2A252#C2A252

#C2A252 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.106 H 87.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A252
RGB	rgb(194, 162, 82)
HSL	hsl(43, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(43, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 57.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.96, 2.16, 45.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.96, 45.41, 87.27°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% 0.0041 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.106 87.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.6931, 37.9212, 13.3678)
Luminance	0.3792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A252 #5272C2

analogous

#C26A52 #C2A252 #AAC252

triadic

#C2A252 #52C2A2 #A252C2

tetradic

#C2A252 #52C26A #5272C2 #C252AA

square

#C2A252 #52C26A #5272C2 #C252AA

split-complementary

#C2A252 #52AAC2 #6A52C2

monochromatic

#725D28 #9F8138 #C2A252 #D2BA7F #E2D3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#C2A252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.58

#C2A252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A252

8.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A252	1.00	2.45	8.58	8.58
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D19690

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 162, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.106 87.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7bd85',
    500: '#c2a252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a252;
$custom-light: #d7bd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 47.863,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72467,
    "c": 0.10616,
    "h": 87.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A252

secondary

#A0AED0

accent

#77D750

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A252

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

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