#C09C59#C09C59

#C09C59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.096 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09C59
RGB	rgb(192, 156, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 45%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(39, 54%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 53.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, 5.13, 39.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 40.14, 82.66°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% 0.0138 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.096 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4314, 35.7067, 14.4751)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09C59 #597DC0

analogous

#C06859 #C09C59 #B1C059

triadic

#C09C59 #59C09C #9C59C0

tetradic

#C09C59 #59C068 #597DC0 #C059B1

square

#C09C59 #59C068 #597DC0 #C059B1

split-complementary

#C09C59 #59B1C0 #6859C0

monochromatic

#735A2C #9F7D3C #C09C59 #D1B685 #E2D1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C09C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#C09C59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09C59

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09C59	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 156, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.096 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5b989',
    500: '#c09c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09c59;
$custom-light: #d5b989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.029,
    "s": 44.978,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71137,
    "c": 0.09568,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09C59

secondary

#A5B4D0

accent

#80D553

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF6F0

border

#D3D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09C59

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

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