#C28438#C28438

#C28438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.119 H 68.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C28438
RGB	rgb(194, 132, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(33, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, 16.85, 49.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 51.89, 71.05°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% 0.0436 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.119 68.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2155, 28.2601, 7.5514)
Luminance	0.2826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C28438 #3876C2

analogous

#C23F38 #C28438 #BBC238

triadic

#C28438 #38C284 #8438C2

tetradic

#C28438 #38C23F #3876C2 #C238BB

square

#C28438 #38C23F #3876C2 #C238BB

split-complementary

#C28438 #38BBC2 #3F38C2

monochromatic

#63431D #93642A #C28438 #D2A165 #E0BE94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#C28438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#C28438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C28438

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C28438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C28438	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99882F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D37574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c28438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 132, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.119 68.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9a772',
    500: '#c28438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c28438;
$custom-light: #d9a772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c28438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.043,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66243,
    "c": 0.11852,
    "h": 68.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C28438

secondary

#8AA8CB

accent

#8CDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C28438

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

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