#C2A255#C2A255

#C2A255 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.103 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A255
RGB	rgb(194, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(42, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(42, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 56.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, 2.40, 43.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 43.99, 86.87°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% 0.0052 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.103 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.8098, 37.9679, 13.9822)
Luminance	0.3797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A255 #5575C2

analogous

#C26B55 #C2A255 #ACC255

triadic

#C2A255 #55C2A2 #A255C2

tetradic

#C2A255 #55C26B #5575C2 #C255AC

square

#C2A255 #55C26B #5575C2 #C255AC

split-complementary

#C2A255 #55ACC2 #6B55C2

monochromatic

#735E29 #A0823A #C2A255 #D2BB82 #E2D3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#C2A255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#C2A255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A255

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A255	1.00	2.44	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09790

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.103 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7bd87',
    500: '#c2a255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a255;
$custom-light: #d7bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.385,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72505,
    "c": 0.1034,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A255

secondary

#A2B0D0

accent

#78D751

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A255

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

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