#C09040#C09040

#C09040 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.113 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09040
RGB	rgb(192, 144, 64)
HSL	hsl(38, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 66.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.95, 9.84, 48.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.95, 49.30, 78.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% 0.0243 0.11)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.113 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6389, 31.5255, 9.2155)
Luminance	0.3152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09040 #4070C0

analogous

#C05040 #C09040 #B0C040

triadic

#C09040 #40C090 #9040C0

tetradic

#C09040 #40C050 #4070C0 #C040B0

square

#C09040 #40C050 #4070C0 #C040B0

split-complementary

#C09040 #40B0C0 #5040C0

monochromatic

#644B21 #926E30 #C09040 #CFAB6E #DEC59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#C09040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#C09040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09040

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09040	1.00	2.87	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 144, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.113 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b078',
    500: '#c09040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09040;
$custom-light: #d7b078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.5,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68422,
    "c": 0.11267,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09040

secondary

#91A7CB

accent

#82DA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09040

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

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