#C38461#C38461

#C38461 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.092 H 49.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38461
RGB	rgb(195, 132, 97)
HSL	hsl(21, 45%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(21, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 50.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.76, 20.28, 28.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.76, 35.12, 54.72°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% 0.0595 0.0701)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.092 49.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9164, 28.9703, 15.1651)
Luminance	0.2897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38461 #61A0C3

analogous

#C3616F #C38461 #C3B561

triadic

#C38461 #61C384 #8461C3

tetradic

#C38461 #6FC361 #61A0C3 #B561C3

square

#C38461 #6FC361 #61A0C3 #B561C3

split-complementary

#C38461 #61C3B5 #616FC3

monochromatic

#7B4A2F #A76540 #C38461 #D4A78D #E5C9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#C38461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#C38461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C38461

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38461	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958A5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2797B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 132, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.092 49.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8a88e',
    500: '#c38461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38461;
$custom-light: #d8a88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.429,
    "s": 44.954,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66926,
    "c": 0.09196,
    "h": 49.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38461

secondary

#ACC6D4

accent

#A6D553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4F0

border

#D4CECB

text

#150F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38461

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

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