#C39D42#C39D42

#C39D42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.117 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C39D42
RGB	rgb(195, 157, 66)
HSL	hsl(42, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(42, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.5%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.61, 4.19, 51.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.61, 51.61, 85.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% 0.0079 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.117 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5479, 36.1116, 10.2511)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C39D42 #4268C3

analogous

#C35C42 #C39D42 #A8C342

triadic

#C39D42 #42C39D #9D42C3

tetradic

#C39D42 #42C35C #4268C3 #C342A8

square

#C39D42 #42C35C #4268C3 #C342A8

split-complementary

#C39D42 #42A8C3 #5C42C3

monochromatic

#695421 #987930 #C39D42 #D2B570 #E0CD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#C39D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#C39D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C39D42

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C39D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C39D42	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c39d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 157, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.117 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9b97a',
    500: '#c39d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c39d42;
$custom-light: #d9b97a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c39d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.326,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7137,
    "c": 0.11718,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C39D42

secondary

#94A5CD

accent

#77DB4D

background

#FDFBF7

surface

#FBF6EE

border

#D4D0C9

text

#151109

muted

#83807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C39D42

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

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