#C2A565#C2A565

#C2A565 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.089 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2A565
RGB	rgb(194, 165, 101)
HSL	hsl(41, 43%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(41, 48%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.9%, 47.9%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, 2.21, 36.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 37.04, 86.58°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% 0.0064 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.089 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.0536, 39.3210, 17.8947)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2A565 #6582C2

analogous

#C27665 #C2A565 #B1C265

triadic

#C2A565 #65C2A5 #A565C2

tetradic

#C2A565 #65C276 #6582C2 #C265B1

square

#C2A565 #65C276 #6582C2 #C265B1

split-complementary

#C2A565 #65B1C2 #7665C2

monochromatic

#7C6431 #A78842 #C2A565 #D3BF91 #E5D8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#C2A565 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#C2A565 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C2A565

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2A565	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2A565	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A460

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAAC67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2a565;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 165, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.089 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6bf92',
    500: '#c2a565',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2a565;
$custom-light: #d6bf92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2a565",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.29,
    "s": 43.256,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73349,
    "c": 0.08948,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2A565

secondary

#AFBAD4

accent

#7CD355

background

#FDFBF9

surface

#FAF7F1

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15120D

muted

#83817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2A565

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

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