#C09B40#C09B40

#C09B40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.117 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09B40
RGB	rgb(192, 155, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 66.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, 3.84, 51.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 51.49, 85.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% 0.0068 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.117 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.3869, 35.0215, 9.7981)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09B40 #4065C0

analogous

#C05B40 #C09B40 #A5C040

triadic

#C09B40 #40C09B #9B40C0

tetradic

#C09B40 #40C05B #4065C0 #C040A5

square

#C09B40 #40C05B #4065C0 #C040A5

split-complementary

#C09B40 #40A5C0 #5B40C0

monochromatic

#645121 #927630 #C09B40 #CFB36E #DECB9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#C09B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#C09B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09B40

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09B40	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D08E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 155, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.117 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b879',
    500: '#c09b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09b40;
$custom-light: #d7b879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.656,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70633,
    "c": 0.11671,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09B40

secondary

#91A2CB

accent

#76DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09B40

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

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