#C09D42#C09D42

#C09D42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.116 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09D42
RGB	rgb(192, 157, 66)
HSL	hsl(43, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, 2.88, 51.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 51.10, 86.77°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% 0.0043 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.116 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7804, 35.7159, 10.2151)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09D42 #4265C0

analogous

#C05E42 #C09D42 #A4C042

triadic

#C09D42 #42C09D #9D42C0

tetradic

#C09D42 #42C05E #4265C0 #C042A4

square

#C09D42 #42C05E #4265C0 #C042A4

split-complementary

#C09D42 #42A4C0 #5E42C0

monochromatic

#665322 #947831 #C09D42 #CFB570 #DFCD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C09D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#C09D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09D42

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09D42	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)

#AE9C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 157, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.116 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b97a',
    500: '#c09d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09d42;
$custom-light: #d6b97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.333,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71062,
    "c": 0.11621,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35714
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09D42

secondary

#93A2CB

accent

#75DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09D42

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

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