#C38561#C38561

#C38561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.091 H 50.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38561
RGB	rgb(195, 133, 97)
HSL	hsl(22, 45%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(22, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 50.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, 19.73, 28.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 35.06, 55.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% 0.0579 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.091 50.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0526, 29.2428, 15.2105)
Luminance	0.2924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38561 #619FC3

analogous

#C3616E #C38561 #C3B661

triadic

#C38561 #61C385 #8561C3

tetradic

#C38561 #6EC361 #619FC3 #B661C3

square

#C38561 #6EC361 #619FC3 #B661C3

split-complementary

#C38561 #61C3B6 #616EC3

monochromatic

#7B4B2F #A76640 #C38561 #D4A78D #E5C9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#C38561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#C38561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C38561

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38561	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#968B5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D27A7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 133, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.091 50.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8a88e',
    500: '#c38561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38561;
$custom-light: #d8a88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.041,
    "s": 44.954,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67112,
    "c": 0.09146,
    "h": 50.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38561

secondary

#ACC5D4

accent

#A5D553

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4F0

border

#D4CECB

text

#150F0C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38561

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

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