#C39C3E#C39C3E

#C39C3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.120 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C39C3E
RGB	rgb(195, 156, 62)
HSL	hsl(42, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(42, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 68.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, 4.49, 52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 53.11, 85.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% 0.0082 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.12 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2656, 35.7291, 9.5954)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C39C3E #3E65C3

analogous

#C3593E #C39C3E #A7C33E

triadic

#C39C3E #3EC39C #9C3EC3

tetradic

#C39C3E #3EC359 #3E65C3 #C33EA7

square

#C39C3E #3EC359 #3E65C3 #C33EA7

split-complementary

#C39C3E #3EA7C3 #593EC3

monochromatic

#675220 #95772E #C39C3E #D2B46D #E0CC9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C39C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#C39C3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C39C3E

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C39C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C39C3E	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)

#AE9B33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D38F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c39c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 156, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.120 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b878',
    500: '#c39c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c39c3e;
$custom-light: #d9b878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c39c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.406,
    "s": 52.569,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71128,
    "c": 0.11968,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C39C3E

secondary

#91A2CC

accent

#76DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6ED

border

#D4D0C8

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C39C3E

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

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