#C09C49#C09C49

#C09C49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.110 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09C49
RGB	rgb(192, 156, 73)
HSL	hsl(42, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 62%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.11, 3.88, 47.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.11, 47.70, 85.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.93% 0.0081 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(70.93% 0.11 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.8311, 35.4665, 11.3132)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09C49 #496DC0

analogous

#C06149 #C09C49 #A8C049

triadic

#C09C49 #49C09C #9C49C0

tetradic

#C09C49 #49C061 #496DC0 #C049A8

square

#C09C49 #49C061 #496DC0 #C049A8

split-complementary

#C09C49 #49A8C0 #6149C0

monochromatic

#6A5525 #977934 #C09C49 #D0B576 #DFCDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C09C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#C09C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09C49

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09C49	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	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)

#AD9B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A54C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 156, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.110 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b97f',
    500: '#c09c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09c49;
$custom-light: #d6b97f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.849,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70932,
    "c": 0.11003,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09C49

secondary

#98A8CC

accent

#79D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09C49

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

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