#C2A553#C2A553

#C2A553 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.107 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A553
RGB	rgb(194, 165, 83)
HSL	hsl(44, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(44, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 57.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.76, 0.63, 45.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.76, 45.80, 89.21°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.0002 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.107 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.2662, 39.0061, 13.7479)
Luminance	0.3900 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A553 #5370C2

analogous

#C26E53 #C2A553 #A8C253

triadic

#C2A553 #53C2A5 #A553C2

tetradic

#C2A553 #53C26E #5370C2 #C253A8

square

#C2A553 #53C26E #5370C2 #C253A8

split-complementary

#C2A553 #53A8C2 #6E53C2

monochromatic

#725F28 #9F8438 #C2A553 #D2BD80 #E2D4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#C2A553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.80

#C2A553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A553

8.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A553	1.00	2.39	8.80	8.80
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09992

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 165, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.107 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7bf86',
    500: '#c2a553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a553;
$custom-light: #d7bf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.324,
    "s": 47.639,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73096,
    "c": 0.10713,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A553

secondary

#A1ADD0

accent

#74D751

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A553

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

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