#C2A557#C2A557

#C2A557 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.103 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A557
RGB	rgb(194, 165, 87)
HSL	hsl(44, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(44, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 55.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.80, 0.95, 43.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.80, 43.89, 88.76°)
OKLab	oklab(73.15% 0.0012 0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(73.15% 0.103 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.4251, 39.0696, 14.5849)
Luminance	0.3907 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A557 #5774C2

analogous

#C26F57 #C2A557 #AAC257

triadic

#C2A557 #57C2A5 #A557C2

tetradic

#C2A557 #57C26F #5774C2 #C257AA

square

#C2A557 #57C26F #5774C2 #C257AA

split-complementary

#C2A557 #57AAC2 #6F57C2

monochromatic

#74602A #A1853B #C2A557 #D2BD84 #E3D5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#C2A557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.81

#C2A557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A557

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A557	1.00	2.38	8.81	8.81
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 165, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.103 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7bf88',
    500: '#c2a557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a557;
$custom-light: #d7bf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.738,
    "s": 46.725,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73147,
    "c": 0.1034,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A557

secondary

#A4B0D1

accent

#75D651

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF7F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A557

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

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