#C38459#C38459

#C38459 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.097 H 54.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38459
RGB	rgb(195, 132, 89)
HSL	hsl(24, 47%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(24, 54%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 54.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.63, 19.56, 32.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.63, 38.27, 59.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% 0.0563 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.097 54.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5620, 28.8285, 13.2988)
Luminance	0.2883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38459 #5998C3

analogous

#C35963 #C38459 #C3B959

triadic

#C38459 #59C384 #8459C3

tetradic

#C38459 #63C359 #5998C3 #B959C3

square

#C38459 #63C359 #5998C3 #B959C3

split-complementary

#C38459 #59C3B9 #5963C3

monochromatic

#774A2B #A4663B #C38459 #D3A586 #E3C7B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#C38459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#C38459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C38459

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38459	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968A55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D37879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 132, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.097 54.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8a888',
    500: '#c38459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38459;
$custom-light: #d8a888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.34,
    "s": 46.903,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66788,
    "c": 0.0972,
    "h": 54.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38459

secondary

#A6C0D2

accent

#A0D751

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4F0

border

#D4CECB

text

#150F0B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38459

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

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