#C3983E#C3983E

#C3983E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.118 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3983E
RGB	rgb(195, 152, 62)
HSL	hsl(41, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(41, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 68.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, 6.66, 51.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 52.26, 82.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% 0.0145 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.118 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.6054, 34.4087, 9.3754)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3983E #3E69C3

analogous

#C3563E #C3983E #ABC33E

triadic

#C3983E #3EC398 #983EC3

tetradic

#C3983E #3EC356 #3E69C3 #C33EAB

square

#C3983E #3EC356 #3E69C3 #C33EAB

split-complementary

#C3983E #3EABC3 #563EC3

monochromatic

#675020 #95742E #C3983E #D2B16D #E0CA9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#C3983E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#C3983E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3983E

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3983E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3983E	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9833

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D38B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3983e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 152, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.118 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b678',
    500: '#c3983e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3983e;
$custom-light: #d9b678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3983e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.602,
    "s": 52.569,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70321,
    "c": 0.118,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3983E

secondary

#91A4CC

accent

#7ADC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3983E

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

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