#C09142#C09142

#C09142 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.111 H 77.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09142
RGB	rgb(192, 145, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.5%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.22, 9.41, 47.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.22, 48.58, 78.83°)
OKLab	oklab(68.64% 0.0233 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(68.64% 0.111 77.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8490, 31.8530, 9.5713)
Luminance	0.3185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09142 #4271C0

analogous

#C05242 #C09142 #B0C042

triadic

#C09142 #42C091 #9142C0

tetradic

#C09142 #42C052 #4271C0 #C042B0

square

#C09142 #42C052 #4271C0 #C042B0

split-complementary

#C09142 #42B0C0 #5242C0

monochromatic

#664C22 #946F31 #C09142 #CFAC70 #DFC69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#C09142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#C09142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09142

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09142	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3923A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D08480

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 145, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.111 77.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b17a',
    500: '#c09142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09142;
$custom-light: #d7b17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 145,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.619,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68642,
    "c": 0.11143,
    "h": 77.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09142

secondary

#93A8CB

accent

#82DA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09142

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

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