#C3983F#C3983F

#C3983F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.117 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3983F
RGB	rgb(195, 152, 63)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 67.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, 6.72, 51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 51.83, 82.55°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% 0.0148 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.117 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.6331, 34.4198, 9.5212)
Luminance	0.3442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3983F #3F6AC3

analogous

#C3563F #C3983F #ACC33F

triadic

#C3983F #3FC398 #983FC3

tetradic

#C3983F #3FC356 #3F6AC3 #C33FAC

square

#C3983F #3FC356 #3F6AC3 #C33FAC

split-complementary

#C3983F #3FACC3 #563FC3

monochromatic

#675020 #96742F #C3983F #D2B16E #E0CA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#C3983F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#C3983F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3983F

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3983F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3983F	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)

#AA9835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D38B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3983f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 152, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.117 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b678',
    500: '#c3983f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3983f;
$custom-light: #d9b678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3983f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.455,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70331,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3983F

secondary

#92A5CC

accent

#7BDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3983F

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

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