#C09C42#C09C42

#C09C42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.116 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09C42
RGB	rgb(192, 156, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, 3.42, 50.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 50.86, 86.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% 0.0058 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.116 87.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.6119, 35.3789, 10.1590)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09C42 #4266C0

analogous

#C05D42 #C09C42 #A5C042

triadic

#C09C42 #42C09C #9C42C0

tetradic

#C09C42 #42C05D #4266C0 #C042A5

square

#C09C42 #42C05D #4266C0 #C042A5

split-complementary

#C09C42 #42A5C0 #5D42C0

monochromatic

#665222 #947731 #C09C42 #CFB470 #DFCC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C09C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#C09C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09C42

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09C42	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 156, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.116 87.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b87a',
    500: '#c09c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09c42;
$custom-light: #d6b87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70857,
    "c": 0.11568,
    "h": 87.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09C42

secondary

#93A3CB

accent

#76DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09C42

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

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