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rgb(195, 153, 83)
#C39953

Aztec Gold #C39953 RGB Color Code

Aztec Gold (#C39953) is a moderately saturated, light orange. In RGB it is made of 76% red, 60% green and 33% blue (R 195, G 153, B 83). The red channel is the strongest. In HSL it has a hue of 38Β°, 48% saturation and 55% lightness. Its relative luminance is 0.350, so black text is easier to read on top of it. For print, a rough CMYK match is 0% cyan, 22% magenta, 57% yellow and 24% black. Check it against your printer's ICC profile before you print. It is a warm color. It goes well with cool blues and greens for contrast. For a matching look, use nearby warm tones.

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Aztec Gold color codes

#C39953 in every common color format. Click a value to copy it.

FormatValueNotesCopy
HEX #C39953 Valid CSS
RGB rgb(195, 153, 83) Valid CSS
HSL hsl(38, 48%, 55%) Valid CSS
HSV / HSB hsv(38, 57%, 76%) Not a CSS format
HWB hwb(38 33% 24%) Valid CSS
CMYK cmyk(0%, 22%, 57%, 24%) Approximate (no ICC profile)
OKLCH oklch(70.76% 0.1015 78.7) Valid CSS
OKLab oklab(70.76% 0.0199 0.0995) Valid CSS
CIELAB lab(66.14% 10.28 42.55) D50, as in CSS
CIELCH lch(66.14% 43.77 76.42) Valid CSS
Display P3 color(display-p3 0.7389 0.6064 0.3674) Valid CSS
XYZ (D65) color(xyz-d65 0.3546 0.3501 0.1307) Valid CSS
Decimal 12818771 Integer (0xRRGGBB)

CMYK here is a rough screen match without an ICC profile. See CMYK and print. Relative luminance: 0.3501. Nearest web-safe color: #CC9966.

Mix Aztec Gold with other colors

See what #C39953 makes with red paint, under a green light, printed with cyan ink and in a digital blend with blue. Click a picture to change the colors and amounts in the color mixer.

PaintAztec Gold and red paintOpen in the color mixer
LightAztec Gold and green lightOpen in the color mixer
PrintAztec Gold and cyan inkOpen in the color mixer
DigitalAztec Gold blended with blueOpen in the color mixer

Use Aztec Gold in your code

Ready to paste into CSS, Sass, Tailwind, iOS, Android and Flutter. Click the icon to copy a line.

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CSS variable--aztec-gold: #C39953;
Sass variable$aztec-gold: #C39953;
Tailwind CSS v4@theme { --color-aztec-gold: #C39953; }
Tailwind CSS v3 configcolors: { 'aztec-gold': '#C39953' }
SwiftUIColor(red: 0.765, green: 0.6, blue: 0.325)
UIKitUIColor(red: 0.765, green: 0.6, blue: 0.325, alpha: 1)
Android XML<color name="aztec_gold">#FFC39953</color>
Flutter and Jetpack ComposeColor(0xFFC39953)

Accessibility and contrast

Black text works best on #C39953 (8.00:1, AAA). Here is how #C39953 does as a text color:

Large heading text
Body text at 16px. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
2.62:1 on white
APCA Lc 51
Fails AATry #987027
Large heading text
Body text at 16px. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
8.00:1 on black
APCA Lc -51
AAA

Check this color against any background in the contrast checker. WCAG ratios and APCA Lc values measure different things, so one can't stand in for the other. Learn more.

How people with color blindness see Aztec Gold

#C39953 next to its complement and its two triadic colors, as seen with each type of color blindness.

  • Normal visionhow most people see it
  • Protanopiano red cones, about 1% of men
  • Deuteranopiano green cones, the most common type
  • Tritanopiano blue cones, very rare
  • Achromatopsiano color at all, very rare

#C39953 stays easy to tell apart from its complement and triadic colors for the common types of color blindness. Try your own colors in the color blindness simulator.

About the color Aztec Gold

A crayon from Silver Swirls

Aztec Gold was a crayon in Silver Swirls, a pack of 24 silvery crayons that Crayola released in 1990. Those crayons had a metallic shine, so #C39953 is only a flat screen version of the color. The crayon is listed with its code in the list of Crayola crayon colors. Outside that crayon box, the name has no real history as a color term.

How it compares

Aztec gold is a soft, sandy gold. It is paler and browner than metallic gold and sits close to antique brass. On a white page its contrast is only 2.62:1, so use it for shapes and borders rather than text.

Aztec Gold in a user interface

A sample app screen with #C39953 as the main color, on a light and a dark theme.

Light theme

Dark theme

Buttons and bars use #C39953 as it is. On the light theme, #C39953 is too hard to read as text (2.62:1), so links, the badge and outline text use #987027 there (4.49:1). Build a full color scheme around it in the UI color preview.

Color harmonies for Aztec Gold

These schemes turn the hue of #C39953 around the color wheel. Each swatch links to its own page.

Complementary

Two colors on opposite sides of the wheel. This gives the most contrast.

Open palette
this#C39953#537DC3

Analogous

Hues that sit next to each other and look good together.

Open palette
#C36153this#C39953#B5C353

Triadic

Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel. Bold, but still balanced.

Open palette
this#C39953#53C399#9953C3

Split complementary

A base color plus the two hues on each side of its opposite. Strong contrast that clashes less.

Open palette
this#C39953#53B5C3#6153C3

Tetradic (rectangle)

Two pairs of opposite colors. Let one color lead and use the others less.

Open palette
this#C39953#7DC353#537DC3#9953C3

Square

Four hues 90Β° apart, spread evenly around the wheel.

Open palette
this#C39953#53C361#537DC3#C353B5

Monochromatic

One hue at different levels of lightness and saturation.

Open palette
#4C391A#896830#C0944B#D6B989#EBDDC6

Gradients with Aztec Gold

Four CSS gradients made from #C39953. Copy the code, or open one in the gradient generator to change it.

Soft tint

From a pale tint to the full color.

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #F3EADD, #C39953);

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Deep shade

The color fading into a dark shade.

background: linear-gradient(180deg, #C39953, #342711);

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Analogous

Its two neighbors on the color wheel.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #C36153, #C39953, #B5C353);

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Triadic

A bold blend with a triadic color, through a clean middle.

background: linear-gradient(135deg, #C39953, #98B078, #53C399);

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Shades, tints and tones of Aztec Gold

Shades are darker, tints are lighter and tones are grayer. We make them in OKLCH so the steps look even. Hover a step to see its code, or click it to open it.

Design system scale (50 to 950)

Aztec Gold sits at step 400. Export the full scale as CSS variables or Tailwind tokens from the picker.

  1. 50
    FFF5E7
  2. 100
    FEEACB
  3. 200
    F2D6AC
  4. 300
    DEBB83
  5. 400
    C39953
  6. 500
    A77E37
  7. 600
    8B641A
  8. 700
    714E02
  9. 800
    593C00
  10. 900
    422C01
  11. 950
    261B07

Closest RAL, Tailwind and CSS colors

The nearest match to #C39953 in three color systems that designers and builders use.

RAL ClassicRAL 1024 Ochre yellow#BA8F4C, very close (Ξ”E 3.1)Tailwind CSSyellow-600 #CA8A04, very close (Ξ”E 4.9)CSS color namesperu #CD853F, very close (Ξ”E 4.8)

Ξ”E is the distance in OKLab: under 2 is hard to see, over 10 is a clearly different color. Browse all RAL colors, the Tailwind palette or the 148 CSS color names. RAL values on screens are only a guide, so check a real color chart before you order paint.

The named colors that look closest to this one (Ξ”E in OKLab). Browse all shades of orange or search the color library.