#C09738#C09738

#C09738 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.121 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09738
RGB	rgb(192, 151, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.4%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.67, 5.56, 53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.67, 54.00, 84.09°)
OKLab	oklab(69.75% 0.0108 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(69.75% 0.121 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.5206, 33.6275, 8.4658)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09738 #3861C0

analogous

#C05338 #C09738 #A5C038

triadic

#C09738 #38C097 #9738C0

tetradic

#C09738 #38C053 #3861C0 #C038A5

square

#C09738 #38C053 #3861C0 #C038A5

split-complementary

#C09738 #38A5C0 #5338C0

monochromatic

#614C1C #91722A #C09738 #D2B064 #DFC893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#C09738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#C09738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09738

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09738	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9972B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D08A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 151, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.121 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b574',
    500: '#c09738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09738;
$custom-light: #d7b574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.912,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69747,
    "c": 0.12062,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09738

secondary

#899DCB

accent

#76DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09738

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

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