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#947339

a dark, soft orange · warm · closest name: Dark Goldenrod

Token name suggestion: Shadow Marmalade

RGB
148, 115, 57
HSL
38°, 44%, 40%
CMYK
0, 22, 62, 42
Luminance
0.1885

#947339 is a dark soft orange, 38° on the wheel and 7/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (4.77:1). As text it scores 4.40:1 on white — large text only. Nearest name is Dark Goldenrod, nearest Tailwind family is stone.

hsl(38 44% 40%)rgb(148 115 57)Base step 700AA inkWarm

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #947339 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#947339
Hue
38°
orange
Saturation
44%
soft
Lightness
40%
dark
Brightness
58%
HSV value
Perceived
48%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1885
WCAG relative
Temperature
Warm
7/100 cool
Color family
Orange
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
4.77:1
Closest name
Dark Goldenrod
ΔE2000 11.6
Chroma
37.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.576
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
stone
500 · ΔE 17.5
Web-safe
#996633
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue38° of 360°
Saturation44%
Lightness40%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #947339.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool7% cool

Reads warm. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red33%
Green65%
Blue2%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#947339
HEX (8-digit)#947339ff
RGBrgb(148, 115, 57)
RGBArgba(148, 115, 57, 1)
HSLhsl(38, 44%, 40%)
HSV / HSBhsv(38, 61%, 58%)
HWBhwb(38 22% 42%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 22%, 62%, 42%)
LABlab(50.5 6.1 36.5)
LCHlch(50.5 37.0 80.6)
OKLCHoklch(0.576 0.086 79.7)
XYZ (D65)xyz(19.08, 18.85, 6.50)
Decimal9728825
Display P3color(display-p3 0.580 0.451 0.224)
Web-safe#996633

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #947339;
background-color: #947339;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #947339;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#947339] bg-[#947339]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #947339;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.580, green: 0.451, blue: 0.224)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.580, green: 0.451, blue: 0.224, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#947339</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF947339)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF947339)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(57, 115, 148)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(148, 115, 57)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(148, 115, 57)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 148, 115, 57)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.5804f, 0.4510f, 0.2235f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{148,115,57}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #947339 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #947339 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#5C4723, #EEE4D3);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #947339 h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #FAF8F5;
  --brand-100: #F5F1EA;
  --brand-200: #EBE1D1;
  --brand-300: #E0CEAE;
  --brand-400: #D0B585;
  --brand-500: #C19C5D;
  --brand-600: #B18944;
  --brand-700: #947339;
  --brand-800: #765C2D;
  --brand-900: #564424;
  --brand-950: #362B17;
  --brand: #947339;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #FAF8F4;
  --brand-border: #E8DBC4;
  --brand-hover: #7A5F2F;
  --brand-pressed: #604B25;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #241E14;
    --brand-ink: #EEE4D3;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#FAF8F5',
        100: '#F5F1EA',
        200: '#EBE1D1',
        300: '#E0CEAE',
        400: '#D0B585',
        500: '#C19C5D',
        600: '#B18944',
        700: '#947339',
        800: '#765C2D',
        900: '#564424',
        950: '#362B17',
        DEFAULT: '#947339',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #FAF8F5,
  '100': #F5F1EA,
  '200': #EBE1D1,
  '300': #E0CEAE,
  '400': #D0B585,
  '500': #C19C5D,
  '600': #B18944,
  '700': #947339,
  '800': #765C2D,
  '900': #564424,
  '950': #362B17,
);
$brand-base: #947339;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#FAF8F5", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F5F1EA", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#EBE1D1", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#E0CEAE", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#D0B585", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#C19C5D", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#B18944", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#947339", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#765C2D", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#564424", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#362B17", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #947339 · 4.77:1
Use #000000AA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 4.40:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 4.77:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #947339 as text scores 4.40:1 on white and 4.77:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #5C4723 at 2.00:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#907038 · 4.60:1
AA on white−1% L
#907038
The quick fox
#6C5329 · 7.22:1
AAA on white−11% L
#6C5329
The quick fox
#947339 · 4.77:1
AA on blackalready passes
#947339
The quick fox
#B88F48 · 7.06:1
AAA on black+10% L
#B88F48

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #947339 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#947339 on white: 4.40:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#947339 on black: 4.77:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #947339 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #947339.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White4.40:1AaAa
Slate 504.21:1AaAa
Slate 1004.02:1AaAa
Slate 2003.57:1AaAa
Slate 3002.96:1AaAa
Slate 4001.72:1AaAa
Slate 5001.08:1AaAa
Slate 6001.72:1AaAa
Slate 7002.35:1AaAa
Slate 8003.32:1AaAa
Slate 9004.06:1AaAa
Black4.77:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #807333
deuteranopia · #887C3B
tritanopia · #A06966

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #947339 is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#FAF8F5
#F5F1EA
#EBE1D1
#E0CEAE
#D0B585
#C19C5D
#B18944
#947339
#765C2D
#564424
#362B17
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #FAF8F5Darkest = 950 · #362B17Text step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.022 79.7);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.035 79.7);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.052 79.7);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.067 79.7);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.079 79.7);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.086 79.7);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.086 79.7);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.081 79.7);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.073 79.7);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.060 79.7);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.048 79.7);
}

Colors that work with #947339

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#FAF8F4
Tinted page background
Border#E8DBC4
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#9B7E4B
Captions on the surface
Accent#357298
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#5C4723
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F8F4ED
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#241E14
Dark-mode background
Hover#7A5F2F
One step down in lightness
Pressed#604B25
Two steps down
Disabled#B4A489
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#AE8133
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #947339

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Headings from 24px up on white
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Small text on white — under 4.5:1
  • Black text placed on it
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
24px / 18.66px bold
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #5C4723
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

friendlyenergeticaffordablesocial

Orange is red with the aggression taken out — approachable, active, and strongly associated with buying and doing.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Hard to make feel premium, and it collides with the "caution" band in status systems.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight60/100
  • TemperatureWarm
  • ApproachabilityHigh

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#395A94
Analogous left#944539
Analogous right#889439
Split-complement 1#398894
Split-complement 2#453994
Triadic 1#399473
Triadic 2#733994
Tetradic#399445
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°38°

#947339 sits at 38°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red58.0%
Green45.1%
Blue22.4%
R · 0–255
148
0x94
G · 0–255
115
0x73
B · 0–255
57
0x39

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta22.3%
Yellow61.5%
Key (black)42.0%

Total ink coverage is 126%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#947339 text on a black background

contrast 4.77:1

Card sample

#947339 text on a white background

contrast 4.40:1

Card sample

#947339 on grey

4.02:1

#947339 on its own surface

4.15:1

#947339 on its dark surface

3.75:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #947339;
Background color
Panel with #947339 background
background-color: #947339;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #947339;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(148, 115, 57, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(148, 115, 57, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #947339;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #947339, #789439);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #947339, #629439);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #947339;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #947339;
caret-color: #947339;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #947339;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F8F4ED;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #947339;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#947339 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #947339 over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(148, 115, 57, 0.5)
rgb(148 115 57 / 50%)
#94733980
hsl(38 44% 40% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #947339 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#9473391a#F4F1EB
20%#94733933#EAE3D7
40%#94733966#D4C7B0
60%#94733999#BFAB88
80%#947339cc#A98F61

Gradients from #947339

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #BB944F, #947339 45%, #5C4723);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #947339, #607E30);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #947339, #395A94);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #C4A165 0%, #947339 45%, #5C4723 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #FAF8F4, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #B84E48 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #93AA42 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #5C4723 0%, transparent 65%), #947339;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #947339

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#947339 in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
E-commerceFood deliveryLogisticsCreator tools
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 4.77:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#947339, answered

What color is #947339?

#947339 is a dark soft orange, closest to Dark Goldenrod (ΔE2000 11.6). It sits at 38° on the hue wheel with 44% saturation and 40% lightness, which reads as warm.

What is the RGB value of #947339?

rgb(148, 115, 57) — 148 red, 115 green and 57 blue out of 255, or 58% / 45.1% / 22.4% by channel.

What is #947339 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(38, 44%, 40%) and hsv(38, 61%, 58%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #947339 a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.1885 and perceived brightness is 48%, so black text on it reaches 4.77:1.

Should I use black or white text on #947339?

Black. It scores 4.77:1 against #947339, versus 4.40:1 for white — AA at any size.

Is #947339 accessible on a white background?

#947339 on white scores 4.40:1, which only clears AA for large text — 18.66px bold or 24px regular and up. Darken it to #907038 to reach 4.5:1, or #6C5329 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #947339?

#395A94 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #398894 and #453994, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #947339?

For interface work: #FAF8F4 as the surface, #E8DBC4 for borders, #9B7E4B for secondary text, #357298 as an accent and #5C4723 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #944539 and #889439 stays calm, while #395A94 is the loudest partner.

What is #947339 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(0%, 22%, 62%, 42%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #947339 warm or cool?

Warm — it scores 7 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #946539; nudged cooler, #969637.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #947339?

The stone family — its 500 step is #78716c, ΔE2000 17.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #947339 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #947339 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#947339] or text-[#947339], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #947339 with 50% opacity?

rgba(148, 115, 57, 0.5), or #94733980 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #CAB99C; over black, #4A3A1D.

Is #947339 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #996633, ΔE2000 7.4 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #947339 mean?

As a orange, it reads friendly, energetic, affordable. Orange is red with the aggression taken out — approachable, active, and strongly associated with buying and doing. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #947339?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #BB944F, #947339 45%, #5C4723). For more colour, a short hue run to #607E30 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #947339 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #947339 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.