#C39B40#C39B40

#C39B40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.118 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C39B40
RGB	rgb(195, 155, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, 5.15, 51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 52.03, 84.32°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% 0.0104 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.118 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1544, 35.4172, 9.8341)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C39B40 #4068C3

analogous

#C35940 #C39B40 #AAC340

triadic

#C39B40 #40C39B #9B40C3

tetradic

#C39B40 #40C359 #4068C3 #C340AA

square

#C39B40 #40C359 #4068C3 #C340AA

split-complementary

#C39B40 #40AAC3 #5940C3

monochromatic

#685221 #97772F #C39B40 #D2B36F #E0CC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#C39B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#C39B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C39B40

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C39B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C39B40	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D38E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c39b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 155, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.118 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b879',
    500: '#c39b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c39b40;
$custom-light: #d9b879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c39b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.679,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70945,
    "c": 0.11776,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C39B40

secondary

#92A4CC

accent

#78DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C39B40

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

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