#C38138#C38138

#C38138 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.120 H 65.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38138
RGB	rgb(195, 129, 56)
HSL	hsl(32, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(32, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.8%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.52, 18.93, 48.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.52, 52.04, 68.66°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.0497 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.12 65.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.0720, 27.5910, 7.4298)
Luminance	0.2759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38138 #387AC3

analogous

#C33C38 #C38138 #C0C338

triadic

#C38138 #38C381 #8138C3

tetradic

#C38138 #38C33C #387AC3 #C338C0

square

#C38138 #38C33C #387AC3 #C338C0

split-complementary

#C38138 #38C0C3 #3C38C3

monochromatic

#64421D #93622A #C38138 #D39F65 #E1BD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#C38138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#C38138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C38138

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38138	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96862F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 129, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.120 65.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daa572',
    500: '#c38138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38138;
$custom-light: #daa572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 129,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.511,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65798,
    "c": 0.11968,
    "h": 65.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38138

secondary

#8BAACC

accent

#90DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38138

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

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