#C09A42#C09A42

#C09A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.115 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09A42
RGB	rgb(192, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, 4.50, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 50.38, 84.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% 0.009 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.115 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.2791, 34.7132, 10.0480)
Luminance	0.3471 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09A42 #4268C0

analogous

#C05B42 #C09A42 #A7C042

triadic

#C09A42 #42C09A #9A42C0

tetradic

#C09A42 #42C05B #4268C0 #C042A7

square

#C09A42 #42C05B #4268C0 #C042A7

split-complementary

#C09A42 #42A7C0 #5B42C0

monochromatic

#665122 #947631 #C09A42 #CFB370 #DFCB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#C09A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#C09A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09A42

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09A42	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	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)

#AB9938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.115 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b77a',
    500: '#c09a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09a42;
$custom-light: #d7b77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.905,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7045,
    "c": 0.11469,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09A42

secondary

#93A4CB

accent

#78DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09A42

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

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