#C09E40#C09E40

#C09E40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.118 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09E40
RGB	rgb(192, 158, 64)
HSL	hsl(44, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(44, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 66.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.54, 2.22, 52.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.54, 52.23, 87.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.25% 0.0021 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(71.25% 0.118 89)
XYZ	xyz(34.8923, 36.0324, 9.9666)
Luminance	0.3603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09E40 #4062C0

analogous

#C05E40 #C09E40 #A2C040

triadic

#C09E40 #40C09E #9E40C0

tetradic

#C09E40 #40C05E #4062C0 #C040A2

square

#C09E40 #40C05E #4062C0 #C040A2

split-complementary

#C09E40 #40A2C0 #5E40C0

monochromatic

#645321 #927830 #C09E40 #CFB56E #DECD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C09E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#C09E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09E40

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09E40	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 158, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.118 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ba79',
    500: '#c09e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09e40;
$custom-light: #d7ba79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.063,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71247,
    "c": 0.1183,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.3603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09E40

secondary

#91A0CB

accent

#73DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09E40

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

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