#C09C48#C09C48

#C09C48 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.111 H 86.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09C48
RGB	rgb(192, 156, 72)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 62.5%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, 3.81, 48.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 48.16, 85.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% 0.0078 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.111 86)
XYZ	xyz(34.7982, 35.4534, 11.1400)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09C48 #486CC0

analogous

#C06048 #C09C48 #A8C048

triadic

#C09C48 #48C09C #9C48C0

tetradic

#C09C48 #48C060 #486CC0 #C048A8

square

#C09C48 #48C060 #486CC0 #C048A8

split-complementary

#C09C48 #48A8C0 #6048C0

monochromatic

#695524 #977934 #C09C48 #D0B576 #DFCDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C09C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#C09C48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09C48

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09C48	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)

#AD9B3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A54B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 156, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.111 86.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b97e',
    500: '#c09c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09c48;
$custom-light: #d6b97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 48.78,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70921,
    "c": 0.11086,
    "h": 86
  },
  "luminance": 0.35451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09C48

secondary

#98A7CC

accent

#79D84F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09C48

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

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