#C38828#C38828

#C38828 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.128 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C38828
RGBrgb(195, 136, 40)
HSLhsl(37, 66%, 46%)
HSVhsv(37, 79%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 30.3%, 79.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(61.10, 14.38, 56.80)
CIE-LCHlch(61.10, 58.60, 75.79°)
OKLaboklab(67% 0.0343 0.1232)
OKLCHoklch(67% 0.128 74.5)
XYZxyz(31.6952, 29.3664, 6.0061)
Luminance0.2936 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C38828 #2863C3
analogous
#C33A28 #C38828 #B0C328
triadic
#C38828 #28C388 #8828C3
tetradic
#C38828 #28C33A #2863C3 #C328B0
square
#C38828 #28C33A #2863C3 #C328B0
split-complementary
#C38828 #28B0C3 #3A28C3
monochromatic
#5D4113 #90651E #C38828 #DBA54E #E5BF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06
#C38828 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87
#C38828 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C38828
6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C38828#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C388281.003.066.876.87
#FFFFFF3.061.0021.0021.00
#0000006.8721.001.001.00
##0000006.8721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9D8B17
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AB992C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D57975
Achromatopsia (no color)
#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c38828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 136, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.128 74.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daaa6a',
    500: '#c38828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c38828;
$custom-light: #daaa6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c38828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.161,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66996,
    "c": 0.12788,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C38828
secondary
#7999CE
accent
#80E93F
background
#FEFAF6
surface
#FCF4EB
border
#D5CEC6
text
#161007
muted
#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38828

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#C38828 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva