#C38531#C38531

#C38531 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.123 H 70.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38531
RGB	rgb(195, 133, 49)
HSL	hsl(35, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(35, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 74.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.43, 16.40, 52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.43, 55.04, 72.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% 0.0413 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.123 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4499, 28.6017, 6.7695)
Luminance	0.2860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38531 #316FC3

analogous

#C33C31 #C38531 #B8C331

triadic

#C38531 #31C385 #8531C3

tetradic

#C38531 #31C33C #316FC3 #C331B8

square

#C38531 #31C33C #316FC3 #C331B8

split-complementary

#C38531 #31B8C3 #3C31C3

monochromatic

#614218 #926425 #C38531 #D6A25B #E2BE8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#C38531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.72

#C38531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C38531

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38531	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)

#9A8925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47674

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 133, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.123 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daa86e',
    500: '#c38531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38531;
$custom-light: #daa86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.521,
    "s": 59.836,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66489,
    "c": 0.12323,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38531

secondary

#83A2CC

accent

#88E345

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38531

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

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