#C09242#C09242

#C09242 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.112 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09242
RGB	rgb(192, 146, 66)
HSL	hsl(38, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, 8.87, 47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 48.75, 79.52°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% 0.0217 0.1096)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.112 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0024, 32.1599, 9.6225)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09242 #4270C0

analogous

#C05342 #C09242 #AFC042

triadic

#C09242 #42C092 #9242C0

tetradic

#C09242 #42C053 #4270C0 #C042AF

square

#C09242 #42C053 #4270C0 #C042AF

split-complementary

#C09242 #42AFC0 #5342C0

monochromatic

#664D22 #947031 #C09242 #CFAC70 #DFC79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#C09242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#C09242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09242

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09242	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D08581

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 146, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.112 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b17a',
    500: '#c09242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09242;
$custom-light: #d7b17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.095,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6884,
    "c": 0.11169,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09242

secondary

#93A7CB

accent

#81DA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5EE

border

#D4CFC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09242

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

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