#C38457#C38457

#C38457 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.099 H 55.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38457
RGB	rgb(195, 132, 87)
HSL	hsl(25, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(25, 55%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 55.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.60, 19.39, 33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.60, 39.08, 60.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.76% 0.0556 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(66.76% 0.099 55.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4792, 28.7954, 12.8624)
Luminance	0.2879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38457 #5796C3

analogous

#C35760 #C38457 #C3BA57

triadic

#C38457 #57C384 #8457C3

tetradic

#C38457 #60C357 #5796C3 #BA57C3

square

#C38457 #60C357 #5796C3 #BA57C3

split-complementary

#C38457 #57C3BA #5760C3

monochromatic

#76492A #A3663A #C38457 #D3A584 #E3C6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#C38457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#C38457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C38457

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38457	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968A53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D37779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 132, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.099 55.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8a887',
    500: '#c38457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38457;
$custom-light: #d8a887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66756,
    "c": 0.09855,
    "h": 55.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38457

secondary

#A4BFD1

accent

#9FD751

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38457

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

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