#C28738#C28738

#C28738 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.118 H 70.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C28738
RGB	rgb(194, 135, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.86, 15.20, 49.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.86, 52.11, 73.04°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% 0.0388 0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.118 70.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.6281, 29.0855, 7.6889)
Luminance	0.2908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C28738 #3873C2

analogous

#C24238 #C28738 #B8C238

triadic

#C28738 #38C287 #8738C2

tetradic

#C28738 #38C242 #3873C2 #C238B8

square

#C28738 #38C242 #3873C2 #C238B8

split-complementary

#C28738 #38B8C2 #4238C2

monochromatic

#63451D #93662A #C28738 #D2A465 #E0C094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#C28738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#C28738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C28738

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C28738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C28738	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9983A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D37876

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c28738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 135, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.118 70.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9aa73',
    500: '#c28738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c28738;
$custom-light: #d9aa73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c28738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.348,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66815,
    "c": 0.11837,
    "h": 70.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C28738

secondary

#8AA6CB

accent

#89DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C28738

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

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