#C09642#C09642

#C09642 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.113 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09642
RGB	rgb(192, 150, 66)
HSL	hsl(40, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.9%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.50, 6.68, 49.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.50, 49.51, 82.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% 0.0153 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.113 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.6298, 33.4148, 9.8316)
Luminance	0.3341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09642 #426CC0

analogous

#C05742 #C09642 #ABC042

triadic

#C09642 #42C096 #9642C0

tetradic

#C09642 #42C057 #426CC0 #C042AB

square

#C09642 #42C057 #426CC0 #C042AB

split-complementary

#C09642 #42ABC0 #5742C0

monochromatic

#664F22 #947331 #C09642 #CFAF70 #DFC99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#C09642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#C09642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09642

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09642	1.00	2.73	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89639

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D08984

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 150, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.113 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b47a',
    500: '#c09642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09642;
$custom-light: #d7b47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69641,
    "c": 0.11299,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09642

secondary

#93A6CB

accent

#7DDA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09642

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

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