#C09C38#C09C38

#C09C38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.123 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09C38
RGB	rgb(192, 156, 56)
HSL	hsl(44, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(44, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, 2.85, 55.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 55.11, 87.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% 0.003 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.123 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.3424, 35.2711, 8.7398)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09C38 #385CC0

analogous

#C05838 #C09C38 #A0C038

triadic

#C09C38 #38C09C #9C38C0

tetradic

#C09C38 #38C058 #385CC0 #C038A0

square

#C09C38 #38C058 #385CC0 #C038A0

split-complementary

#C09C38 #38A0C0 #5838C0

monochromatic

#614F1C #91762A #C09C38 #D2B564 #DFCB93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#C09C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#C09C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09C38

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09C38	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D08F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 156, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.123 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b874',
    500: '#c09c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09c38;
$custom-light: #d7b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.118,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70765,
    "c": 0.12298,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09C38

secondary

#899BCB

accent

#71DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09C38

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

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