#C38528#C38528

#C38528 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.128 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38528
RGB	rgb(195, 133, 40)
HSL	hsl(36, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 79%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 79.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.37, 16.03, 56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.37, 58.37, 74.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% 0.0391 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.128 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2786, 28.5332, 5.8672)
Luminance	0.2853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38528 #2866C3

analogous

#C33728 #C38528 #B3C328

triadic

#C38528 #28C385 #8528C3

tetradic

#C38528 #28C337 #2866C3 #C328B3

square

#C38528 #28C337 #2866C3 #C328B3

split-complementary

#C38528 #28B3C3 #3728C3

monochromatic

#5D4013 #90621E #C38528 #DBA24E #E5BD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#C38528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#C38528 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C38528

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38528	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8918

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 133, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.128 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dba869',
    500: '#c38528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38528;
$custom-light: #dba869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66422,
    "c": 0.12786,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38528

secondary

#799BCE

accent

#83E93F

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38528

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

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