#C38038#C38038

#C38038 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.120 H 64.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38038
RGB	rgb(195, 128, 56)
HSL	hsl(31, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(31, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.4%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, 19.48, 48.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 52.01, 68.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% 0.0513 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.12 64.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.9410, 27.3288, 7.3861)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38038 #387BC3

analogous

#C33B38 #C38038 #C1C338

triadic

#C38038 #38C380 #8038C3

tetradic

#C38038 #38C33B #387BC3 #C338C1

square

#C38038 #38C33B #387BC3 #C338C1

split-complementary

#C38038 #38C1C3 #3B38C3

monochromatic

#64421D #93612A #C38038 #D39E65 #E1BC95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#C38038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#C38038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C38038

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38038	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 128, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.120 64.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daa572',
    500: '#c38038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38038;
$custom-light: #daa572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.079,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65612,
    "c": 0.11988,
    "h": 64.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38038

secondary

#8BAACC

accent

#91DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38038

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

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