#C09D40#C09D40

#C09D40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.118 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09D40
RGB	rgb(192, 157, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 66.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.28, 2.76, 51.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.28, 51.98, 86.96°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% 0.0037 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.118 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7225, 35.6927, 9.9100)
Luminance	0.3569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09D40 #4063C0

analogous

#C05D40 #C09D40 #A3C040

triadic

#C09D40 #40C09D #9D40C0

tetradic

#C09D40 #40C05D #4063C0 #C040A3

square

#C09D40 #40C05D #4063C0 #C040A3

split-complementary

#C09D40 #40A3C0 #5D40C0

monochromatic

#645221 #927830 #C09D40 #CFB56E #DECC9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C09D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#C09D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09D40

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09D40	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)

#AE9C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF9089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 157, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.118 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b979',
    500: '#c09d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09d40;
$custom-light: #d7b979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.594,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71042,
    "c": 0.11775,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09D40

secondary

#91A1CB

accent

#74DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09D40

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

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