#C09E56#C09E56

#C09E56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.099 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09E56
RGB	rgb(192, 158, 86)
HSL	hsl(41, 46%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(41, 55%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.7%, 55.2%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, 3.79, 41.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 42.09, 84.83°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% 0.0095 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.099 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.6464, 36.3340, 13.9379)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09E56 #5678C0

analogous

#C06956 #C09E56 #ADC056

triadic

#C09E56 #56C09E #9E56C0

tetradic

#C09E56 #56C069 #5678C0 #C056AD

square

#C09E56 #56C069 #5678C0 #C056AD

split-complementary

#C09E56 #56ADC0 #6956C0

monochromatic

#715B2A #9E7E3B #C09E56 #D1B883 #E1D1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C09E56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#C09E56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09E56

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09E56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09E56	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A658

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CE938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09e56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 158, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.099 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d6ba87',
    500: '#c09e56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09e56;
$custom-light: #d6ba87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09e56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.755,
    "s": 45.69,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71502,
    "c": 0.09949,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09E56

secondary

#A2B1CF

accent

#7CD552

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110B

muted

#83807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09E56

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

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