#C39C40#C39C40

#C39C40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.118 H 85.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C39C40
RGB	rgb(195, 156, 64)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, 4.61, 52.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 52.25, 84.94°)
OKLab	oklab(71.15% 0.0088 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(71.15% 0.118 85.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.3215, 35.7515, 9.8898)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C39C40 #4067C3

analogous

#C35A40 #C39C40 #A9C340

triadic

#C39C40 #40C39C #9C40C3

tetradic

#C39C40 #40C35A #4067C3 #C340A9

square

#C39C40 #40C35A #4067C3 #C340A9

split-complementary

#C39C40 #40A9C3 #5A40C3

monochromatic

#685321 #97782F #C39C40 #D2B46F #E0CC9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C39C40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#C39C40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C39C40

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C39C40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C39C40	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)

#AE9B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D38F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c39c40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 156, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.118 85.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b879',
    500: '#c39c40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c39c40;
$custom-light: #d9b879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c39c40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.137,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71147,
    "c": 0.11822,
    "h": 85.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C39C40

secondary

#92A4CC

accent

#77DC4C

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C39C40

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

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