#C2A462#C2A462

#C2A462 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.092 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A462
RGB	rgb(194, 164, 98)
HSL	hsl(41, 44%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(41, 49%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.5%, 49.5%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.68, 2.46, 38.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.68, 38.23, 86.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% 0.0069 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.092 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(37.7296, 38.9039, 17.0748)
Luminance	0.3890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A462 #6280C2

analogous

#C27462 #C2A462 #B0C262

triadic

#C2A462 #62C2A4 #A462C2

tetradic

#C2A462 #62C274 #6280C2 #C262B0

square

#C2A462 #62C274 #6280C2 #C262B0

split-complementary

#C2A462 #62B0C2 #7462C2

monochromatic

#7A632F #A68641 #C2A462 #D3BE8E #E4D7BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C2A462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#C2A462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A462

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A462	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A35D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAB64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9A94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 164, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.092 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6be90',
    500: '#c2a462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a462;
$custom-light: #d6be90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.25,
    "s": 44.037,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73098,
    "c": 0.09195,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A462

secondary

#ACB9D3

accent

#7CD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A462

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

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