#C28A38#C28A38

#C28A38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.118 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C28A38
RGB	rgb(194, 138, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.60, 13.55, 50.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.60, 52.40, 75.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% 0.0339 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.118 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.0526, 29.9344, 7.8304)
Luminance	0.2993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C28A38 #3870C2

analogous

#C24538 #C28A38 #B5C238

triadic

#C28A38 #38C28A #8A38C2

tetradic

#C28A38 #38C245 #3870C2 #C238B5

square

#C28A38 #38C245 #3870C2 #C238B5

split-complementary

#C28A38 #38B5C2 #4538C2

monochromatic

#63461D #93682A #C28A38 #D2A665 #E0C194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#C28A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#C28A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C28A38

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C28A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C28A38	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D37C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c28a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 138, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.118 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ac73',
    500: '#c28a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c28a38;
$custom-light: #d9ac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c28a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.652,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67393,
    "c": 0.11844,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.29932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C28A38

secondary

#8AA5CB

accent

#86DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C28A38

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

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