#C09E45#C09E45

#C09E45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.114 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09E45
RGB	rgb(192, 158, 69)
HSL	hsl(43, 49%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(43, 64%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 64.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, 2.53, 49.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 50.02, 87.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.3% 0.0037 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(71.3% 0.114 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0410, 36.0919, 10.7498)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09E45 #4567C0

analogous

#C06045 #C09E45 #A4C045

triadic

#C09E45 #45C09E #9E45C0

tetradic

#C09E45 #45C060 #4567C0 #C045A4

square

#C09E45 #45C060 #4567C0 #C045A4

split-complementary

#C09E45 #45A4C0 #6045C0

monochromatic

#685523 #957A33 #C09E45 #CFB673 #DFCEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#C09E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#C09E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09E45

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09E45	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 158, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.114 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ba7c',
    500: '#c09e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09e45;
$custom-light: #d6ba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.415,
    "s": 49.398,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71297,
    "c": 0.11438,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09E45

secondary

#95A4CC

accent

#75D94F

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09E45

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

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