#C2A457#C2A457

#C2A457 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.103 H 88.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A457
RGB	rgb(194, 164, 87)
HSL	hsl(43, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 55.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.54, 1.49, 43.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.54, 43.59, 88.04°)
OKLab	oklab(72.94% 0.0028 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(72.94% 0.103 88.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.2455, 38.7103, 14.5250)
Luminance	0.3871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A457 #5775C2

analogous

#C26F57 #C2A457 #AAC257

triadic

#C2A457 #57C2A4 #A457C2

tetradic

#C2A457 #57C26F #5775C2 #C257AA

square

#C2A457 #57C26F #5775C2 #C257AA

split-complementary

#C2A457 #57AAC2 #6F57C2

monochromatic

#74602A #A1843B #C2A457 #D2BC84 #E3D5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C2A457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#C2A457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A457

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A457	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 164, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.103 88.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7be88',
    500: '#c2a457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a457;
$custom-light: #d7be88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.178,
    "s": 46.725,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72942,
    "c": 0.10275,
    "h": 88.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A457

secondary

#A4B1D1

accent

#77D651

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A457

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

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