#C09442#C09442

#C09442 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.112 H 80.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09442
RGB	rgb(192, 148, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(39, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.98, 7.77, 48.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.98, 49.12, 80.90°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% 0.0185 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.112 80.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3134, 32.7819, 9.7261)
Luminance	0.3278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09442 #426EC0

analogous

#C05542 #C09442 #ADC042

triadic

#C09442 #42C094 #9442C0

tetradic

#C09442 #42C055 #426EC0 #C042AD

square

#C09442 #42C055 #426EC0 #C042AD

split-complementary

#C09442 #42ADC0 #5542C0

monochromatic

#664E22 #947131 #C09442 #CFAE70 #DFC89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#C09442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#C09442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09442

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09442	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A045

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D08782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 148, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.112 80.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b37a',
    500: '#c09442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09442;
$custom-light: #d7b37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.048,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69239,
    "c": 0.11229,
    "h": 80.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09442

secondary

#93A6CB

accent

#7FDA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5EE

border

#D4CFC9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09442

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

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