#C28838#C28838

#C28838 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.118 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C28838
RGB	rgb(194, 136, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.9%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.10, 14.65, 50.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.10, 52.20, 73.70°)
OKLab	oklab(67.01% 0.0371 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(67.01% 0.118 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.7683, 29.3658, 7.7356)
Luminance	0.2936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C28838 #3872C2

analogous

#C24338 #C28838 #B7C238

triadic

#C28838 #38C288 #8838C2

tetradic

#C28838 #38C243 #3872C2 #C238B7

square

#C28838 #38C243 #3872C2 #C238B7

split-complementary

#C28838 #38B7C2 #4338C2

monochromatic

#63451D #93672A #C28838 #D2A465 #E0C094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#C28838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#C28838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C28838

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C28838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C28838	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D37977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c28838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 136, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.118 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9aa73',
    500: '#c28838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c28838;
$custom-light: #d9aa73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c28838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.783,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67007,
    "c": 0.11837,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C28838

secondary

#8AA6CB

accent

#88DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C28838

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

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