#C38436#C38436

#C38436 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.120 H 68.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38436
RGB	rgb(195, 132, 54)
HSL	hsl(33, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(33, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.23, 17.18, 50.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.23, 53.00, 71.08°)
OKLab	oklab(66.34% 0.0442 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(66.34% 0.12 68.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4251, 28.3738, 7.3110)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38436 #3675C3

analogous

#C33D36 #C38436 #BCC336

triadic

#C38436 #36C384 #8436C3

tetradic

#C38436 #36C33D #3675C3 #C336BC

square

#C38436 #36C33D #3675C3 #C336BC

split-complementary

#C38436 #36BCC3 #3D36C3

monochromatic

#63431B #936429 #C38436 #D4A163 #E1BE92

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#C38436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#C38436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C38436

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38436	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99882C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 132, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.120 68.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daa771',
    500: '#c38436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38436;
$custom-light: #daa771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.191,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66343,
    "c": 0.12044,
    "h": 68.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38436

secondary

#89A7CC

accent

#8CE048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38436

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

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