#C09D45#C09D45

#C09D45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.114 H 87.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09D45
RGB	rgb(192, 157, 69)
HSL	hsl(43, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 64.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, 3.07, 49.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 49.77, 86.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% 0.0052 0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.114 87.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8712, 35.7522, 10.6932)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09D45 #4568C0

analogous

#C05F45 #C09D45 #A5C045

triadic

#C09D45 #45C09D #9D45C0

tetradic

#C09D45 #45C05F #4568C0 #C045A5

square

#C09D45 #45C05F #4568C0 #C045A5

split-complementary

#C09D45 #45A5C0 #5F45C0

monochromatic

#685423 #957933 #C09D45 #CFB573 #DFCDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C09D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#C09D45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09D45

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09D45	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9C3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A549

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 157, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.114 87.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b97c',
    500: '#c09d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09d45;
$custom-light: #d6b97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.927,
    "s": 49.398,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71092,
    "c": 0.11383,
    "h": 87.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09D45

secondary

#95A5CC

accent

#76D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09D45

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

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