#C39940#C39940

#C39940 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.117 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C39940
RGB	rgb(195, 153, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.5%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, 6.23, 51.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 51.60, 83.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.54% 0.0136 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(70.54% 0.117 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.8243, 34.7571, 9.7241)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C39940 #406AC3

analogous

#C35740 #C39940 #ACC340

triadic

#C39940 #40C399 #9940C3

tetradic

#C39940 #40C357 #406AC3 #C340AC

square

#C39940 #40C357 #406AC3 #C340AC

split-complementary

#C39940 #40ACC3 #5740C3

monochromatic

#685121 #97752F #C39940 #D2B26F #E0CB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#C39940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#C39940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C39940

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C39940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C39940	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D38C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c39940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 153, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.117 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b679',
    500: '#c39940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c39940;
$custom-light: #d9b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c39940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.763,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70542,
    "c": 0.11693,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C39940

secondary

#92A5CC

accent

#7ADC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C39940

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

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