#C39538#C39538

#C39538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.121 H 81.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C39538
RGB	rgb(195, 149, 56)
HSL	hsl(40, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(40, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.6%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.47, 7.97, 53.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.47, 54.21, 81.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% 0.0176 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.121 81.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9690, 33.3850, 8.3954)
Luminance	0.3338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C39538 #3866C3

analogous

#C35038 #C39538 #ACC338

triadic

#C39538 #38C395 #9538C3

tetradic

#C39538 #38C350 #3866C3 #C338AC

square

#C39538 #38C350 #3866C3 #C338AC

split-complementary

#C39538 #38ACC3 #5038C3

monochromatic

#644C1D #93712A #C39538 #D3AF65 #E1C795

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#C39538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.68

#C39538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C39538

7.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C39538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C39538	1.00	2.74	7.68	7.68
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8952C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48782

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c39538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 149, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.121 81.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b374',
    500: '#c39538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c39538;
$custom-light: #d9b374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c39538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.144,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69666,
    "c": 0.1211,
    "h": 81.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C39538

secondary

#8BA0CC

accent

#7BDF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151108

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C39538

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

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