#C39C42#C39C42

#C39C42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.117 H 85.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C39C42
RGB	rgb(195, 156, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.35, 4.73, 51.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.35, 51.38, 84.72°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% 0.0094 0.1163)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.117 85.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.3795, 35.7746, 10.1949)
Luminance	0.3577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C39C42 #4269C3

analogous

#C35B42 #C39C42 #AAC342

triadic

#C39C42 #42C39C #9C42C3

tetradic

#C39C42 #42C35B #4269C3 #C342AA

square

#C39C42 #42C35B #4269C3 #C342AA

split-complementary

#C39C42 #42AAC3 #5B42C3

monochromatic

#695321 #987830 #C39C42 #D2B470 #E0CD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#C39C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#C39C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C39C42

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C39C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C39C42	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)

#AE9B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D38F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c39c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 156, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.117 85.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b87a',
    500: '#c39c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c39c42;
$custom-light: #d9b87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c39c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.86,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71167,
    "c": 0.11671,
    "h": 85.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C39C42

secondary

#94A5CD

accent

#78DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C39C42

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

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