#C2A451#C2A451

#C2A451 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.108 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A451
RGB	rgb(194, 164, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(44, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 58.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.47, 1.01, 46.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.47, 46.45, 88.75°)
OKLab	oklab(72.87% 0.0006 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(72.87% 0.108 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.0104, 38.6163, 13.2872)
Luminance	0.3861 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A451 #516FC2

analogous

#C26C51 #C2A451 #A8C251

triadic

#C2A451 #51C2A4 #A451C2

tetradic

#C2A451 #51C26C #516FC2 #C251A8

square

#C2A451 #51C26C #516FC2 #C251A8

split-complementary

#C2A451 #51A8C2 #6C51C2

monochromatic

#715E28 #9E8337 #C2A451 #D2BC7E #E2D3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#C2A451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.72

#C2A451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A451

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A451	1.00	2.41	8.72	8.72
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A249

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 164, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.108 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7be84',
    500: '#c2a451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a451;
$custom-light: #d7be84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.071,
    "s": 48.085,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72865,
    "c": 0.1083,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A451

secondary

#9FACD0

accent

#74D850

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A451

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

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