#C28E38#C28E38

#C28E38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.119 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C28E38
RGB	rgb(194, 142, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.59, 11.36, 51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.59, 52.89, 77.60°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% 0.0275 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.119 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6371, 31.1034, 8.0252)
Luminance	0.3110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C28E38 #386CC2

analogous

#C24938 #C28E38 #B1C238

triadic

#C28E38 #38C28E #8E38C2

tetradic

#C28E38 #38C249 #386CC2 #C238B1

square

#C28E38 #38C249 #386CC2 #C238B1

split-complementary

#C28E38 #38B1C2 #4938C2

monochromatic

#63481D #936B2A #C28E38 #D2A965 #E0C494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C28E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#C28E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C28E38

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C28E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C28E38	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1902D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c28e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 142, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.119 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ae73',
    500: '#c28e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c28e38;
$custom-light: #d9ae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c28e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.391,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68172,
    "c": 0.1189,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C28E38

secondary

#8AA3CB

accent

#82DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C28E38

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

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