#C38638#C38638

#C38638 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.289; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.119 H 69.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38638
RGB	rgb(195, 134, 56)
HSL	hsl(34, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.3%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.73, 16.19, 49.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.73, 52.31, 71.98°)
OKLab	oklab(66.74% 0.0416 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(66.74% 0.119 69.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7468, 28.9406, 7.6547)
Luminance	0.2894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38638 #3875C3

analogous

#C34138 #C38638 #BBC338

triadic

#C38638 #38C386 #8638C3

tetradic

#C38638 #38C341 #3875C3 #C338BB

square

#C38638 #38C341 #3875C3 #C338BB

split-complementary

#C38638 #38BBC3 #4138C3

monochromatic

#64451D #93652A #C38638 #D3A365 #E1BF95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#C38638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.79

#C38638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C38638

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38638	1.00	3.09	6.79	6.79
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9983A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47775

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 134, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.119 69.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daa973',
    500: '#c38638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38638;
$custom-light: #daa973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 134,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.669,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66741,
    "c": 0.11908,
    "h": 69.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38638

secondary

#8BA7CC

accent

#8BDF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#160F08

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38638

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

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