#C09F40#C09F40

#C09F40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.119 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C09F40
RGB	rgb(192, 159, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 66.7%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.81, 1.68, 52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.81, 52.49, 88.17°)
OKLab	oklab(71.45% 0.0006 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(71.45% 0.119 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.0636, 36.3750, 10.0237)
Luminance	0.3637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C09F40 #4061C0

analogous

#C05F40 #C09F40 #A1C040

triadic

#C09F40 #40C09F #9F40C0

tetradic

#C09F40 #40C05F #4061C0 #C040A1

square

#C09F40 #40C05F #4061C0 #C040A1

split-complementary

#C09F40 #40A1C0 #5F40C0

monochromatic

#645321 #927930 #C09F40 #CFB66E #DECD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#C09F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#C09F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C09F40

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C09F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C09F40	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)

#B09D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c09f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 159, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.119 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7bb79',
    500: '#c09f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c09f40;
$custom-light: #d7bb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c09f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.531,
    "s": 50.394,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71452,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C09F40

secondary

#91A0CB

accent

#72DA4E

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C09F40

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

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