#C09C40#C09C40

#C09C40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.117 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09C40
RGB	rgb(192, 156, 64)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(43, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 66.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, 3.30, 51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 51.73, 86.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% 0.0052 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.117 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5540, 35.3557, 9.8538)
Luminance	0.3535 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09C40 #4064C0

analogous

#C05C40 #C09C40 #A4C040

triadic

#C09C40 #40C09C #9C40C0

tetradic

#C09C40 #40C05C #4064C0 #C040A4

square

#C09C40 #40C05C #4064C0 #C040A4

split-complementary

#C09C40 #40A4C0 #5C40C0

monochromatic

#645221 #927730 #C09C40 #CFB46E #DECC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C09C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#C09C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09C40

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09C40	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)

#AD9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 156, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.117 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b879',
    500: '#c09c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09c40;
$custom-light: #d7b879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.125,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70837,
    "c": 0.11722,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09C40

secondary

#91A1CB

accent

#75DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09C40

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

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