#C09C45#C09C45

#C09C45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.113 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09C45
RGB	rgb(192, 156, 69)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 64.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, 3.61, 49.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 49.52, 85.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% 0.0068 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.113 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.7027, 35.4152, 10.6371)
Luminance	0.3541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09C45 #4569C0

analogous

#C05E45 #C09C45 #A6C045

triadic

#C09C45 #45C09C #9C45C0

tetradic

#C09C45 #45C05E #4569C0 #C045A6

square

#C09C45 #45C05E #4569C0 #C045A6

split-complementary

#C09C45 #45A6C0 #5E45C0

monochromatic

#685323 #957833 #C09C45 #CFB473 #DFCDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C09C45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#C09C45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09C45

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09C45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09C45	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)

#AD9B3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09c45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 156, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.113 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b87c',
    500: '#c09c45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09c45;
$custom-light: #d6b87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09c45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.439,
    "s": 49.398,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70888,
    "c": 0.11331,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09C45

secondary

#95A5CC

accent

#77D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09C45

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

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