#C38740#C38740

#C38740 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.114 H 68.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38740
RGB	rgb(195, 135, 64)
HSL	hsl(33, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(33, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.05, 16.08, 46.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.05, 49.03, 70.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.01% 0.0424 0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(67.01% 0.114 68.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.0972, 29.3029, 8.8151)
Luminance	0.2930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38740 #407CC3

analogous

#C34540 #C38740 #BDC340

triadic

#C38740 #40C387 #8740C3

tetradic

#C38740 #40C345 #407CC3 #C340BD

square

#C38740 #40C345 #407CC3 #C340BD

split-complementary

#C38740 #40BDC3 #4540C3

monochromatic

#684721 #97672F #C38740 #D2A46F #E0C29D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#C38740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#C38740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C38740

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38740	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 135, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.114 68.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9aa78',
    500: '#c38740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38740;
$custom-light: #d9aa78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.519,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67013,
    "c": 0.11389,
    "h": 68.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38740

secondary

#92ADCC

accent

#8EDC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38740

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

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