#C09042#C09042

#C09042 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.111 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09042
RGB	rgb(192, 144, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(37, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.97, 9.96, 47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.97, 48.42, 78.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.44% 0.0249 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(68.44% 0.111 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.6968, 31.5487, 9.5206)
Luminance	0.3155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09042 #4272C0

analogous

#C05142 #C09042 #B1C042

triadic

#C09042 #42C090 #9042C0

tetradic

#C09042 #42C051 #4272C0 #C042B1

square

#C09042 #42C051 #4272C0 #C042B1

split-complementary

#C09042 #42B1C0 #5142C0

monochromatic

#664C22 #946E31 #C09042 #CFAB70 #DFC69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#C09042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#C09042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09042

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09042	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2913A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D0837F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 144, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.111 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b079',
    500: '#c09042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09042;
$custom-light: #d7b079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.143,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68444,
    "c": 0.11119,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09042

secondary

#93A8CB

accent

#83DA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09042

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

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