#C39438#C39438

#C39438 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.121 H 80.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C39438
RGB	rgb(195, 148, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.22, 8.51, 53.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.22, 54.03, 80.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.47% 0.0191 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(69.47% 0.121 80.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8115, 33.0699, 8.3429)
Luminance	0.3307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C39438 #3867C3

analogous

#C34F38 #C39438 #ADC338

triadic

#C39438 #38C394 #9438C3

tetradic

#C39438 #38C34F #3867C3 #C338AD

square

#C39438 #38C34F #3867C3 #C338AD

split-complementary

#C39438 #38ADC3 #4F38C3

monochromatic

#644C1D #93702A #C39438 #D3AE65 #E1C795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#C39438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.61

#C39438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C39438

7.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C39438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C39438	1.00	2.76	7.61	7.61
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7952C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48681

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c39438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 148, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.121 80.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b374',
    500: '#c39438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c39438;
$custom-light: #d9b374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c39438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.712,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69467,
    "c": 0.12079,
    "h": 80.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C39438

secondary

#8BA1CC

accent

#7CDF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF5ED

border

#D4CFC8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C39438

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

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