#C38238#C38238

#C38238 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.120 H 66.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38238
RGB	rgb(195, 130, 56)
HSL	hsl(32, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(32, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.3%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.76, 18.38, 48.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.76, 52.08, 69.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.99% 0.0481 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(65.99% 0.12 66.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.2044, 27.8557, 7.4739)
Luminance	0.2785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38238 #3879C3

analogous

#C33C38 #C38238 #BFC338

triadic

#C38238 #38C382 #8238C3

tetradic

#C38238 #38C33C #3879C3 #C338BF

square

#C38238 #38C33C #3879C3 #C338BF

split-complementary

#C38238 #38BFC3 #3C38C3

monochromatic

#64431D #93622A #C38238 #D3A065 #E1BD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#C38238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#C38238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C38238

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38238	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97872F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69639

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 130, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.120 66.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daa672',
    500: '#c38238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38238;
$custom-light: #daa672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 130,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.942,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65986,
    "c": 0.11951,
    "h": 66.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38238

secondary

#8BA9CC

accent

#8FDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38238

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

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