#C09B59#C09B59

#C09B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.095 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09B59
RGB	rgb(192, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(38, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.3%, 53.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, 5.67, 39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 39.91, 81.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% 0.0153 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.095 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.2643, 35.3725, 14.4194)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09B59 #597EC0

analogous

#C06859 #C09B59 #B1C059

triadic

#C09B59 #59C09B #9B59C0

tetradic

#C09B59 #59C068 #597EC0 #C059B1

square

#C09B59 #59C068 #597EC0 #C059B1

split-complementary

#C09B59 #59B1C0 #6859C0

monochromatic

#73592C #9F7C3C #C09B59 #D1B685 #E2D0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C09B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#C09B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09B59

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09B59	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9B53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.095 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b889',
    500: '#c09b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09b59;
$custom-light: #d5b889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.447,
    "s": 44.978,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70935,
    "c": 0.09524,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09B59

secondary

#A5B4D0

accent

#82D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09B59

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

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