#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
RGB	rgb(195, 136, 40)
HSL	hsl(37, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(37, 79%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 79.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.10, 14.38, 56.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.10, 58.60, 75.79°)
OKLab	oklab(67% 0.0343 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(67% 0.128 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.6952, 29.3664, 6.0061)
Luminance	0.2936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##C38828	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)

#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

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

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