#C38449#C38449

#C38449 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.108 H 62.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38449
RGB	rgb(195, 132, 73)
HSL	hsl(29, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(29, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 62.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.42, 18.31, 41.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.42, 45.00, 65.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% 0.0504 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.108 62.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.9616, 28.5884, 10.1368)
Luminance	0.2859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38449 #4988C3

analogous

#C3494B #C38449 #C3C149

triadic

#C38449 #49C384 #8449C3

tetradic

#C38449 #4BC349 #4988C3 #C149C3

square

#C38449 #4BC349 #4988C3 #C149C3

split-complementary

#C38449 #49C3C1 #494BC3

monochromatic

#6E4824 #9C6633 #C38449 #D2A377 #E1C2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#C38449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#C38449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C38449

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38449	1.00	3.13	6.72	6.72
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988943

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6974A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 132, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.108 62.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9a87d',
    500: '#c38449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38449;
$custom-light: #d9a87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.016,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66554,
    "c": 0.1082,
    "h": 62.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38449

secondary

#99B5CE

accent

#96DA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#150F0A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38449

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

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