#C09C46#C09C46

#C09C46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.113 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09C46
RGB	rgb(192, 156, 70)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 63.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, 3.68, 48.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 49.07, 85.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% 0.0071 0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.113 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7340, 35.4277, 10.8019)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09C46 #466AC0

analogous

#C05F46 #C09C46 #A7C046

triadic

#C09C46 #46C09C #9C46C0

tetradic

#C09C46 #46C05F #466AC0 #C046A7

square

#C09C46 #46C05F #466AC0 #C046A7

split-complementary

#C09C46 #46A7C0 #5F46C0

monochromatic

#685423 #967933 #C09C46 #D0B474 #DFCDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C09C46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#C09C46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09C46

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09C46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09C46	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09c46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 156, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.113 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b87d',
    500: '#c09c46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09c46;
$custom-light: #d6b87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09c46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.295,
    "s": 49.194,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70899,
    "c": 0.1125,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09C46

secondary

#96A6CC

accent

#78D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09C46

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

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