#C38043#C38043

#C38043 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.113 H 61.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38043
RGB	rgb(195, 128, 67)
HSL	hsl(29, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(29, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.4%, 65.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, 20.12, 42.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 47.45, 64.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.73% 0.0548 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(65.73% 0.113 61)
XYZ	xyz(31.2402, 27.4485, 8.9619)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38043 #4386C3

analogous

#C34346 #C38043 #C3C043

triadic

#C38043 #43C380 #8043C3

tetradic

#C38043 #46C343 #4386C3 #C043C3

square

#C38043 #46C343 #4386C3 #C043C3

split-complementary

#C38043 #43C3C0 #4346C3

monochromatic

#6A4422 #986231 #C38043 #D29F71 #E1BFA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#C38043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#C38043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C38043

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38043	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95863D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47172

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 128, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.113 61.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daa579',
    500: '#c38043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38043;
$custom-light: #daa579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 128,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.594,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65732,
    "c": 0.11316,
    "h": 61
  },
  "luminance": 0.27446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38043

secondary

#95B2CD

accent

#97DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38043

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

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