#C09D55#C09D55

#C09D55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.100 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09D55
RGB	rgb(192, 157, 85)
HSL	hsl(40, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(40, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 55.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, 4.25, 42.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 42.31, 84.24°)
OKLab	oklab(71.29% 0.0107 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(71.29% 0.1 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4365, 35.9783, 13.6706)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09D55 #5578C0

analogous

#C06855 #C09D55 #AEC055

triadic

#C09D55 #55C09D #9D55C0

tetradic

#C09D55 #55C068 #5578C0 #C055AE

square

#C09D55 #55C068 #5578C0 #C055AE

split-complementary

#C09D55 #55AEC0 #6855C0

monochromatic

#715A2A #9D7D3A #C09D55 #D1B782 #E1D0AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C09D55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#C09D55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09D55

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09D55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09D55	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A557

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09d55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 157, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.100 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b987',
    500: '#c09d55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09d55;
$custom-light: #d6b987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09d55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.374,
    "s": 45.923,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71285,
    "c": 0.09991,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09D55

secondary

#A2B1CF

accent

#7DD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09D55

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

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