#C39840#C39840

#C39840 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.117 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C39840
RGB	rgb(195, 152, 64)
HSL	hsl(40, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(40, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.1%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, 6.78, 50.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 51.40, 82.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% 0.0151 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.117 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.6613, 34.4311, 9.6698)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C39840 #406BC3

analogous

#C35640 #C39840 #ADC340

triadic

#C39840 #40C398 #9840C3

tetradic

#C39840 #40C356 #406BC3 #C340AD

square

#C39840 #40C356 #406BC3 #C340AD

split-complementary

#C39840 #40ADC3 #5640C3

monochromatic

#685121 #97752F #C39840 #D2B16F #E0CA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#C39840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#C39840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C39840

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C39840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C39840	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9836

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D38B85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c39840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 152, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.117 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b679',
    500: '#c39840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c39840;
$custom-light: #d9b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c39840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.305,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70341,
    "c": 0.11654,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C39840

secondary

#92A5CC

accent

#7BDC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C39840

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

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