#C09D38#C09D38

#C09D38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.124 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09D38
RGB	rgb(192, 157, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 70.8%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, 2.31, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 55.35, 87.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% 0.0014 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.124 89.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.5109, 35.6081, 8.7959)
Luminance	0.3561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09D38 #385BC0

analogous

#C05938 #C09D38 #9FC038

triadic

#C09D38 #38C09D #9D38C0

tetradic

#C09D38 #38C059 #385BC0 #C0389F

square

#C09D38 #38C059 #385BC0 #C0389F

split-complementary

#C09D38 #389FC0 #5938C0

monochromatic

#61501C #91762A #C09D38 #D2B564 #DFCC93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#C09D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#C09D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09D38

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09D38	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D09088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 157, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.124 89.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b974',
    500: '#c09d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09d38;
$custom-light: #d7b974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.559,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7097,
    "c": 0.12351,
    "h": 89.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09D38

secondary

#899ACB

accent

#70DE4A

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09D38

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

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