#C2A261#C2A261

#C2A261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.092 H 84.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A261
RGB	rgb(194, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(40, 44%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(40, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 50%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.15, 3.44, 38.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.15, 38.16, 84.82°)
OKLab	oklab(72.68% 0.0096 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(72.68% 0.092 84)
XYZ	xyz(37.3276, 38.1750, 16.7093)
Luminance	0.3817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A261 #6181C2

analogous

#C27261 #C2A261 #B2C261

triadic

#C2A261 #61C2A2 #A261C2

tetradic

#C2A261 #61C272 #6181C2 #C261B2

square

#C2A261 #61C272 #6181C2 #C261B2

split-complementary

#C2A261 #61B2C2 #7261C2

monochromatic

#7A612F #A68440 #C2A261 #D3BC8D #E4D6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#C2A261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#C2A261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A261

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A261	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A15C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8AA63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09792

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.092 84.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bd8f',
    500: '#c2a261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a261;
$custom-light: #d6bd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.206,
    "s": 44.292,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72675,
    "c": 0.09181,
    "h": 84
  },
  "luminance": 0.38173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A261

secondary

#ACB9D3

accent

#7ED454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A261

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

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