#C38538#C38538

#C38538 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.119 H 68.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38538
RGB	rgb(195, 133, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(33, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.49, 16.74, 49.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.49, 52.25, 71.32°)
OKLab	oklab(66.55% 0.0432 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(66.55% 0.119 68.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6093, 28.6654, 7.6088)
Luminance	0.2866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38538 #3876C3

analogous

#C33F38 #C38538 #BCC338

triadic

#C38538 #38C385 #8538C3

tetradic

#C38538 #38C33F #3876C3 #C338BC

square

#C38538 #38C33F #3876C3 #C338BC

split-complementary

#C38538 #38BCC3 #3F38C3

monochromatic

#64441D #93652A #C38538 #D3A265 #E1BF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#C38538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#C38538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C38538

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38538	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A892F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47675

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 133, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.119 68.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daa873',
    500: '#c38538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38538;
$custom-light: #daa873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.237,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66551,
    "c": 0.11915,
    "h": 68.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38538

secondary

#8BA8CC

accent

#8CDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38538

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

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