#C38438#C38438

#C38438 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.119 H 67.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38438
RGB	rgb(195, 132, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(33, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.24, 17.29, 49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.24, 52.18, 70.66°)
OKLab	oklab(66.36% 0.0448 0.1105)
OKLCH	oklch(66.36% 0.119 67.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.4730, 28.3929, 7.5634)
Luminance	0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38438 #3877C3

analogous

#C33F38 #C38438 #BDC338

triadic

#C38438 #38C384 #8438C3

tetradic

#C38438 #38C33F #3877C3 #C338BD

square

#C38438 #38C33F #3877C3 #C338BD

split-complementary

#C38438 #38BDC3 #3F38C3

monochromatic

#64441D #93642A #C38438 #D3A165 #E1BE95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#C38438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#C38438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C38438

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38438	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99882F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8973A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 132, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.119 67.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daa772',
    500: '#c38438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38438;
$custom-light: #daa772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.806,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66362,
    "c": 0.11924,
    "h": 67.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38438

secondary

#8BA8CC

accent

#8DDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38438

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

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