#C09C44#C09C44

#C09C44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.114 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09C44
RGB	rgb(192, 156, 68)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 64.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, 3.55, 49.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 49.97, 85.93°)
OKLab	oklab(70.88% 0.0065 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(70.88% 0.114 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6719, 35.4029, 10.4749)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09C44 #4468C0

analogous

#C05E44 #C09C44 #A6C044

triadic

#C09C44 #44C09C #9C44C0

tetradic

#C09C44 #44C05E #4468C0 #C044A6

square

#C09C44 #44C05E #4468C0 #C044A6

split-complementary

#C09C44 #44A6C0 #5E44C0

monochromatic

#675323 #957832 #C09C44 #CFB472 #DFCCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C09C44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#C09C44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09C44

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09C44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09C44	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)

#AD9B3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF8F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09c44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 156, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.114 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b87c',
    500: '#c09c44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09c44;
$custom-light: #d6b87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09c44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.581,
    "s": 49.6,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70878,
    "c": 0.11411,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09C44

secondary

#94A4CB

accent

#77D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09C44

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

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