#C28C38#C28C38

#C28C38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.119 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C28C38
RGB	rgb(194, 140, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.09, 12.46, 51.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.09, 52.63, 76.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% 0.0307 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.119 75)
XYZ	xyz(32.3422, 30.5136, 7.9269)
Luminance	0.3051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C28C38 #386EC2

analogous

#C24738 #C28C38 #B3C238

triadic

#C28C38 #38C28C #8C38C2

tetradic

#C28C38 #38C247 #386EC2 #C238B3

square

#C28C38 #38C247 #386EC2 #C238B3

split-complementary

#C28C38 #38B3C2 #4738C2

monochromatic

#63471D #936A2A #C28C38 #D2A865 #E0C294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#C28C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#C28C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C28C38

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C28C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C28C38	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D37E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c28c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 140, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.119 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ad73',
    500: '#c28c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c28c38;
$custom-light: #d9ad73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c28c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.522,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67781,
    "c": 0.11862,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.30511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C28C38

secondary

#8AA4CB

accent

#84DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C28C38

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

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