#C38231#C38231

#C38231 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.123 H 68.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38231
RGB	rgb(195, 130, 49)
HSL	hsl(33, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(33, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 74.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, 18.05, 51.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 54.87, 70.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.92% 0.0461 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(65.92% 0.123 68.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0450, 27.7920, 6.6345)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38231 #3172C3

analogous

#C33931 #C38231 #BBC331

triadic

#C38231 #31C382 #8231C3

tetradic

#C38231 #31C339 #3172C3 #C331BB

square

#C38231 #31C339 #3172C3 #C331BB

split-complementary

#C38231 #31BBC3 #3931C3

monochromatic

#614118 #926125 #C38231 #D69F5B #E2BC8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#C38231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#C38231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C38231

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38231	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79633

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 130, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.123 68.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daa66e',
    500: '#c38231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38231;
$custom-light: #daa66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.288,
    "s": 59.836,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65922,
    "c": 0.12349,
    "h": 68.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38231

secondary

#83A4CC

accent

#8BE345

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38231

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

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