#C39A38#C39A38

#C39A38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.123 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C39A38
RGB	rgb(195, 154, 56)
HSL	hsl(42, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, 5.25, 54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 55.17, 84.54°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% 0.0097 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.123 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7771, 35.0012, 8.6648)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C39A38 #3861C3

analogous

#C35538 #C39A38 #A7C338

triadic

#C39A38 #38C39A #9A38C3

tetradic

#C39A38 #38C355 #3861C3 #C338A7

square

#C39A38 #38C355 #3861C3 #C338A7

split-complementary

#C39A38 #38A7C3 #5538C3

monochromatic

#644F1D #93742A #C39A38 #D3B365 #E1CA95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#C39A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#C39A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C39A38

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C39A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C39A38	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC992B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D38C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c39a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 154, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.123 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b774',
    500: '#c39a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c39a38;
$custom-light: #d9b774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c39a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.302,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7067,
    "c": 0.12296,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C39A38

secondary

#8B9ECC

accent

#75DF49

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C39A38

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

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