#C09838#C09838

#C09838 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.121 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09838
RGB	rgb(192, 152, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.92, 5.02, 53.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.92, 54.21, 84.69°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% 0.0092 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.121 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.6822, 33.9507, 8.5197)
Luminance	0.3395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09838 #3860C0

analogous

#C05438 #C09838 #A4C038

triadic

#C09838 #38C098 #9838C0

tetradic

#C09838 #38C054 #3860C0 #C038A4

square

#C09838 #38C054 #3860C0 #C038A4

split-complementary

#C09838 #38A4C0 #5438C0

monochromatic

#614D1C #91722A #C09838 #D2B164 #DFC993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#C09838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#C09838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09838

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09838	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA972B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D08B84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 152, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.121 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b674',
    500: '#c09838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09838;
$custom-light: #d7b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.353,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6995,
    "c": 0.12105,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09838

secondary

#899CCB

accent

#75DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09838

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

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