#C09E55#C09E55

#C09E55 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.100 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09E55
RGB	rgb(192, 158, 85)
HSL	hsl(41, 46%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(41, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 55.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, 3.71, 42.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 42.57, 85.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.49% 0.0091 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(71.49% 0.1 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.6064, 36.3180, 13.7272)
Luminance	0.3632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09E55 #5577C0

analogous

#C06955 #C09E55 #ACC055

triadic

#C09E55 #55C09E #9E55C0

tetradic

#C09E55 #55C069 #5577C0 #C055AC

square

#C09E55 #55C069 #5577C0 #C055AC

split-complementary

#C09E55 #55ACC0 #6955C0

monochromatic

#715A2A #9D7E3A #C09E55 #D1B782 #E1D1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C09E55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#C09E55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09E55

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09E55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09E55	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09e55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 158, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.100 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ba87',
    500: '#c09e55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09e55;
$custom-light: #d6ba87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09e55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.935,
    "s": 45.923,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71488,
    "c": 0.10043,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09E55

secondary

#A2B0CF

accent

#7CD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6EF

border

#D4D0CA

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09E55

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

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