#C39B59#C39B59

#C39B59 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.097 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C39B59
RGB	rgb(195, 155, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 47%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.5%, 54.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.34, 6.95, 39.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.34, 40.54, 80.13°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% 0.0189 0.0949)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.097 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.0319, 35.7682, 14.4554)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C39B59 #5981C3

analogous

#C36659 #C39B59 #B6C359

triadic

#C39B59 #59C39B #9B59C3

tetradic

#C39B59 #59C366 #5981C3 #C359B6

square

#C39B59 #59C366 #5981C3 #C359B6

split-complementary

#C39B59 #59B6C3 #6659C3

monochromatic

#775A2B #A47C3B #C39B59 #D3B686 #E3D1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C39B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#C39B59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C39B59

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C39B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C39B59	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c39b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 155, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.097 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8b889',
    500: '#c39b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c39b59;
$custom-light: #d8b889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c39b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.358,
    "s": 46.903,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71244,
    "c": 0.09678,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C39B59

secondary

#A6B6D2

accent

#84D751

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FBF6F0

border

#D4D0CB

text

#15110C

muted

#83807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C39B59

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

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