#C09B38#C09B38

#C09B38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.122 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09B38
RGB	rgb(192, 155, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.70, 3.39, 54.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.70, 54.88, 86.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.56% 0.0045 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(70.56% 0.122 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.1753, 34.9369, 8.6841)
Luminance	0.3493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09B38 #385DC0

analogous

#C05738 #C09B38 #A1C038

triadic

#C09B38 #38C09B #9B38C0

tetradic

#C09B38 #38C057 #385DC0 #C038A1

square

#C09B38 #38C057 #385DC0 #C038A1

split-complementary

#C09B38 #38A1C0 #5738C0

monochromatic

#614E1C #91752A #C09B38 #D2B464 #DFCB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#C09B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.99

#C09B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09B38

7.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09B38	1.00	2.63	7.99	7.99
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D08E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 155, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.122 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b874',
    500: '#c09b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09b38;
$custom-light: #d7b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.676,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7056,
    "c": 0.12246,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34935
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09B38

secondary

#899BCB

accent

#72DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09B38

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

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