#C09938#C09938

#C09938 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.121 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09938
RGB	rgb(192, 153, 56)
HSL	hsl(43, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(43, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, 4.48, 54.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 54.43, 85.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% 0.0076 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.122 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8452, 34.2767, 8.5740)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09938 #385FC0

analogous

#C05538 #C09938 #A3C038

triadic

#C09938 #38C099 #9938C0

tetradic

#C09938 #38C055 #385FC0 #C038A3

square

#C09938 #38C055 #385FC0 #C038A3

split-complementary

#C09938 #38A3C0 #5538C0

monochromatic

#614D1C #91732A #C09938 #D2B264 #DFCA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#C09938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#C09938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09938

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09938	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB982B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D08C85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 153, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.121 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b674',
    500: '#c09938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09938;
$custom-light: #d7b674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.794,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70153,
    "c": 0.1215,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09938

secondary

#899CCB

accent

#74DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09938

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

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