#C09D56#C09D56

#C09D56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.099 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09D56
RGB	rgb(192, 157, 86)
HSL	hsl(40, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(40, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 55.2%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, 4.33, 41.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 41.83, 84.06°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% 0.0111 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.099 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.4765, 35.9943, 13.8813)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09D56 #5679C0

analogous

#C06856 #C09D56 #AEC056

triadic

#C09D56 #56C09D #9D56C0

tetradic

#C09D56 #56C068 #5679C0 #C056AE

square

#C09D56 #56C068 #5679C0 #C056AE

split-complementary

#C09D56 #56AEC0 #6856C0

monochromatic

#715A2A #9E7D3B #C09D56 #D1B783 #E1D1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C09D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#C09D56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09D56

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09D56	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)

#AD9C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 157, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.099 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6b987',
    500: '#c09d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09d56;
$custom-light: #d6b987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.189,
    "s": 45.69,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71298,
    "c": 0.09898,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09D56

secondary

#A2B1CF

accent

#7ED552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09D56

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

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