#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
RGBrgb(192, 156, 56)
HSLhsl(44, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(44, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 18.7%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LABlab(65.96, 2.85, 55.04)
CIE-LCHlch(65.96, 55.11, 87.03°)
OKLaboklab(70.77% 0.003 0.1229)
OKLCHoklch(70.77% 0.123 88.6)
XYZxyz(34.3424, 35.2711, 8.7398)
Luminance0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##C09C381.002.618.058.05
#FFFFFF2.611.0021.0021.00
#0000008.0521.001.001.00
##0000008.0521.001.001.00

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

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#C09C38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva