#C2A459#C2A459

#C2A459 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.101 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A459
RGB	rgb(194, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(43, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 54.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.56, 1.66, 42.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.56, 42.63, 87.78°)
OKLab	oklab(72.97% 0.0035 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(72.97% 0.101 88)
XYZ	xyz(37.3283, 38.7434, 14.9613)
Luminance	0.3874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A459 #5977C2

analogous

#C26F59 #C2A459 #ACC259

triadic

#C2A459 #59C2A4 #A459C2

tetradic

#C2A459 #59C26F #5977C2 #C259AC

square

#C2A459 #59C26F #5977C2 #C259AC

split-complementary

#C2A459 #59ACC2 #6F59C2

monochromatic

#75602B #A2853C #C2A459 #D2BD86 #E3D5B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#C2A459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#C2A459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A459

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A459	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.101 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7be8a',
    500: '#c2a459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a459;
$custom-light: #d7be8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 46.256,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72968,
    "c": 0.10084,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.38742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A459

secondary

#A6B2D1

accent

#78D652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A459

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

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