#C09540#C09540

#C09540 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.114 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09540
RGB	rgb(192, 149, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.4%, 66.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.22, 7.10, 49.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.22, 50.19, 81.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% 0.0163 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.114 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.4130, 33.0738, 9.4735)
Luminance	0.3307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09540 #406BC0

analogous

#C05540 #C09540 #ABC040

triadic

#C09540 #40C095 #9540C0

tetradic

#C09540 #40C055 #406BC0 #C040AB

square

#C09540 #40C055 #406BC0 #C040AB

split-complementary

#C09540 #40ABC0 #5540C0

monochromatic

#644E21 #927230 #C09540 #CFAF6E #DEC89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#C09540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#C09540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09540

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09540	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D08883

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 149, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.114 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b379',
    500: '#c09540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09540;
$custom-light: #d7b379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.844,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69419,
    "c": 0.11415,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09540

secondary

#91A5CB

accent

#7DDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09540

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

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