#C09B42#C09B42

#C09B42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.115 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09B42
RGB	rgb(192, 155, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, 3.96, 50.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 50.62, 85.51°)
OKLab	oklab(70.65% 0.0074 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(70.65% 0.115 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.4448, 35.0446, 10.1033)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09B42 #4267C0

analogous

#C05C42 #C09B42 #A6C042

triadic

#C09B42 #42C09B #9B42C0

tetradic

#C09B42 #42C05C #4267C0 #C042A6

square

#C09B42 #42C05C #4267C0 #C042A6

split-complementary

#C09B42 #42A6C0 #5C42C0

monochromatic

#665222 #947731 #C09B42 #CFB370 #DFCC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#C09B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#C09B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09B42

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09B42	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 155, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.115 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b87a',
    500: '#c09b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09b42;
$custom-light: #d6b87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.381,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70653,
    "c": 0.11518,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09B42

secondary

#93A3CB

accent

#77DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09B42

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

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