#C2A561#C2A561

#C2A561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.094 H 87.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A561
RGB	rgb(194, 165, 97)
HSL	hsl(42, 44%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 50%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, 1.83, 38.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 39.01, 87.31°)
OKLab	oklab(73.29% 0.0049 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(73.29% 0.094 87)
XYZ	xyz(37.8623, 39.2445, 16.8876)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A561 #617EC2

analogous

#C27561 #C2A561 #AEC261

triadic

#C2A561 #61C2A5 #A561C2

tetradic

#C2A561 #61C275 #617EC2 #C261AE

square

#C2A561 #61C275 #617EC2 #C261AE

split-complementary

#C2A561 #61AEC2 #7561C2

monochromatic

#7A632F #A68740 #C2A561 #D3BE8D #E4D7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C2A561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#C2A561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A561

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A561	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A45B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 165, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.094 87.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bf8f',
    500: '#c2a561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a561;
$custom-light: #d6bf8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.062,
    "s": 44.292,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73288,
    "c": 0.09358,
    "h": 87
  },
  "luminance": 0.39243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A561

secondary

#ACB7D3

accent

#7AD454

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15120C

muted

#83817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A561

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

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