#C38540#C38540

#C38540 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.287; OKLCH L 66.6% C 0.114 H 66.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38540
RGB	rgb(195, 133, 64)
HSL	hsl(32, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(32, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.56, 17.18, 45.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.56, 48.90, 69.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.63% 0.0457 0.1045)
OKLCH	oklch(66.63% 0.114 66.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.8208, 28.7501, 8.7229)
Luminance	0.2875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38540 #407EC3

analogous

#C34340 #C38540 #BFC340

triadic

#C38540 #40C385 #8540C3

tetradic

#C38540 #40C343 #407EC3 #C340BF

square

#C38540 #40C343 #407EC3 #C340BF

split-complementary

#C38540 #40BFC3 #4340C3

monochromatic

#684621 #97662F #C38540 #D2A36F #E0C09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#C38540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#C38540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C38540

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38540	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#998939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47776

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 133, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.6% 0.114 66.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daa878',
    500: '#c38540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38540;
$custom-light: #daa878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.603,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66634,
    "c": 0.11408,
    "h": 66.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38540

secondary

#92AECC

accent

#90DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#150F09

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38540

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

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