#C39042#C39042

#C39042 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.113 H 75.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C39042
RGB	rgb(195, 144, 66)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.30, 11.27, 47.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.30, 49.15, 76.75°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% 0.0285 0.1093)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.113 75.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4644, 31.9445, 9.5566)
Luminance	0.3194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C39042 #4275C3

analogous

#C34F42 #C39042 #B5C342

triadic

#C39042 #42C390 #9042C3

tetradic

#C39042 #42C34F #4275C3 #C342B5

square

#C39042 #42C34F #4275C3 #C342B5

split-complementary

#C39042 #42B5C3 #4F42C3

monochromatic

#694D21 #986F30 #C39042 #D2AB70 #E0C79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#C39042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#C39042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C39042

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C39042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C39042	1.00	2.84	7.39	7.39
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3923A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c39042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 144, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.113 75.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b07a',
    500: '#c39042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c39042;
$custom-light: #d9b07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c39042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.279,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68775,
    "c": 0.11291,
    "h": 75.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C39042

secondary

#94AACD

accent

#85DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C39042

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

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