#C89942#C89942

#C89942 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.118 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C89942
RGB	rgb(200, 153, 66)
HSL	hsl(39, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(39, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 67%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, 8.53, 51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 51.76, 80.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.09% 0.0202 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(71.09% 0.118 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1962, 35.4577, 10.0908)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C89942 #4271C8

analogous

#C85642 #C89942 #B4C842

triadic

#C89942 #42C899 #9942C8

tetradic

#C89942 #42C856 #4271C8 #C842B4

square

#C89942 #42C856 #4271C8 #C842B4

split-complementary

#C89942 #42B4C8 #5642C8

monochromatic

#6F5420 #9F772E #C89942 #D6B371 #E4CCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C89942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#C89942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C89942

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C89942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C89942	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D98B86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c89942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 153, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.118 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb67a',
    500: '#c89942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c89942;
$custom-light: #ddb67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c89942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.955,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71094,
    "c": 0.11767,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C89942

secondary

#96AAD0

accent

#7EDE4A

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161109

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C89942

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

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