#C09538#C09538

#C09538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.120 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09538
RGB	rgb(192, 149, 56)
HSL	hsl(41, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(41, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, 6.65, 53.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 53.60, 82.87°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% 0.0139 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.12 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.2015, 32.9892, 8.3595)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09538 #3863C0

analogous

#C05138 #C09538 #A7C038

triadic

#C09538 #38C095 #9538C0

tetradic

#C09538 #38C051 #3863C0 #C038A7

square

#C09538 #38C051 #3863C0 #C038A7

split-complementary

#C09538 #38A7C0 #5138C0

monochromatic

#614B1C #91702A #C09538 #D2AF64 #DFC793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#C09538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#C09538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09538

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09538	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7952C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D08882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 149, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.120 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b374',
    500: '#c09538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09538;
$custom-light: #d7b374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.029,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69343,
    "c": 0.11984,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09538

secondary

#899ECB

accent

#79DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09538

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

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