#C09438#C09438

#C09438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.327; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.119 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09438
RGB	rgb(192, 148, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.90, 7.20, 52.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.90, 53.41, 82.26°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% 0.0155 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.119 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0440, 32.6741, 8.3069)
Luminance	0.3267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09438 #3864C0

analogous

#C05038 #C09438 #A8C038

triadic

#C09438 #38C094 #9438C0

tetradic

#C09438 #38C050 #3864C0 #C038A8

square

#C09438 #38C050 #3864C0 #C038A8

split-complementary

#C09438 #38A8C0 #5038C0

monochromatic

#614B1C #916F2A #C09438 #D2AE64 #DFC793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#C09438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#C09438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09438

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09438	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7942C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D08681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 148, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.119 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b374',
    500: '#c09438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09438;
$custom-light: #d7b374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.588,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69143,
    "c": 0.11948,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09438

secondary

#899ECB

accent

#7ADE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09438

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

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