#C09E42#C09E42

#C09E42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.117 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09E42
RGB	rgb(192, 158, 66)
HSL	hsl(44, 50%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 65.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, 2.34, 51.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 51.36, 87.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% 0.0027 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.117 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.9503, 36.0556, 10.2717)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09E42 #4264C0

analogous

#C05F42 #C09E42 #A3C042

triadic

#C09E42 #42C09E #9E42C0

tetradic

#C09E42 #42C05F #4264C0 #C042A3

square

#C09E42 #42C05F #4264C0 #C042A3

split-complementary

#C09E42 #42A3C0 #5F42C0

monochromatic

#665322 #947931 #C09E42 #CFB670 #DFCD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C09E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#C09E42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09E42

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09E42	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)

#AF9C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 158, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.117 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ba7a',
    500: '#c09e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09e42;
$custom-light: #d6ba7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.81,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71266,
    "c": 0.11676,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09E42

secondary

#93A2CB

accent

#74DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09E42

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

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