#C09A40#C09A40

#C09A40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.116 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09A40
RGB	rgb(192, 154, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 66.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.51, 4.38, 51.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.51, 51.26, 85.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.43% 0.0084 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(70.43% 0.116 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2211, 34.6900, 9.7429)
Luminance	0.3469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09A40 #4066C0

analogous

#C05A40 #C09A40 #A6C040

triadic

#C09A40 #40C09A #9A40C0

tetradic

#C09A40 #40C05A #4066C0 #C040A6

square

#C09A40 #40C05A #4066C0 #C040A6

split-complementary

#C09A40 #40A6C0 #5A40C0

monochromatic

#645021 #927530 #C09A40 #CFB26E #DECB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#C09A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#C09A40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09A40

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09A40	1.00	2.65	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D08D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 154, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.116 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b779',
    500: '#c09a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09a40;
$custom-light: #d7b779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.188,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7043,
    "c": 0.11622,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09A40

secondary

#91A2CB

accent

#77DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09A40

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

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