#C38827#C38827

#C38827 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.128 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38827
RGB	rgb(195, 136, 39)
HSL	hsl(37, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 80%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 80%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.10, 14.35, 57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.10, 58.94, 75.91°)
OKLab	oklab(66.99% 0.034 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(66.99% 0.128 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6784, 29.3597, 5.9177)
Luminance	0.2936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38827 #2762C3

analogous

#C33A27 #C38827 #B0C327

triadic

#C38827 #27C388 #8827C3

tetradic

#C38827 #27C33A #2762C3 #C327B0

square

#C38827 #27C33A #2762C3 #C327B0

split-complementary

#C38827 #27B0C3 #3A27C3

monochromatic

#5D4113 #90641D #C38827 #DBA54C #E5BF7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#C38827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#C38827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C38827

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38827	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB992B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 136, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.128 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbaa69',
    500: '#c38827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38827;
$custom-light: #dbaa69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.308,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66989,
    "c": 0.12836,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38827

secondary

#7898CE

accent

#7FEA3E

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38827

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

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