#C09E49#C09E49

#C09E49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.111 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09E49
RGB	rgb(192, 158, 73)
HSL	hsl(43, 49%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 62%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, 2.80, 48.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 48.21, 86.67°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% 0.0049 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.111 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1694, 36.1433, 11.4260)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09E49 #496BC0

analogous

#C06349 #C09E49 #A7C049

triadic

#C09E49 #49C09E #9E49C0

tetradic

#C09E49 #49C063 #496BC0 #C049A7

square

#C09E49 #49C063 #496BC0 #C049A7

split-complementary

#C09E49 #49A7C0 #6349C0

monochromatic

#6A5625 #977B34 #C09E49 #D0B676 #DFCEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C09E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#C09E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09E49

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09E49	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 158, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.111 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ba7f',
    500: '#c09e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09e49;
$custom-light: #d6ba7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.857,
    "s": 48.571,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71341,
    "c": 0.11109,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09E49

secondary

#98A7CC

accent

#77D850

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#15110A

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09E49

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

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