#C39A42#C39A42

#C39A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.116 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C39A42
RGB	rgb(195, 154, 66)
HSL	hsl(41, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(41, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, 5.81, 50.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 50.94, 83.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% 0.0126 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.116 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.0466, 35.1089, 10.0840)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C39A42 #426BC3

analogous

#C35942 #C39A42 #ABC342

triadic

#C39A42 #42C39A #9A42C3

tetradic

#C39A42 #42C359 #426BC3 #C342AB

square

#C39A42 #42C359 #426BC3 #C342AB

split-complementary

#C39A42 #42ABC3 #5942C3

monochromatic

#695221 #987730 #C39A42 #D2B370 #E0CC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#C39A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#C39A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C39A42

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C39A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C39A42	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D38D87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c39a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 154, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.116 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b77a',
    500: '#c39a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c39a42;
$custom-light: #d9b77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c39a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.93,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70763,
    "c": 0.11584,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C39A42

secondary

#94A6CD

accent

#7ADB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C39A42

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

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