#C28B38#C28B38

#C28B38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.119 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C28B38
RGB	rgb(194, 139, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, 13.00, 50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 52.51, 75.66°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% 0.0323 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.119 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1967, 30.2227, 7.8785)
Luminance	0.3022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C28B38 #386FC2

analogous

#C24638 #C28B38 #B4C238

triadic

#C28B38 #38C28B #8B38C2

tetradic

#C28B38 #38C246 #386FC2 #C238B4

square

#C28B38 #38C246 #386FC2 #C238B4

split-complementary

#C28B38 #38B4C2 #4638C2

monochromatic

#63471D #93692A #C28B38 #D2A765 #E0C294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#C28B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#C28B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C28B38

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C28B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C28B38	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D37D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c28b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 139, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.119 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ac73',
    500: '#c28b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c28b38;
$custom-light: #d9ac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c28b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.087,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67587,
    "c": 0.11852,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C28B38

secondary

#8AA4CB

accent

#85DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C28B38

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

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