#C38836#C38836

#C38836 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.120 H 71.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38836
RGB	rgb(195, 136, 54)
HSL	hsl(35, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.20, 14.99, 51.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.20, 53.29, 73.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% 0.0378 0.1142)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.12 71.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.9779, 29.4795, 7.4952)
Luminance	0.2948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38836 #3671C3

analogous

#C34236 #C38836 #B8C336

triadic

#C38836 #36C388 #8836C3

tetradic

#C38836 #36C342 #3671C3 #C336B8

square

#C38836 #36C342 #3671C3 #C336B8

split-complementary

#C38836 #36B8C3 #4236C3

monochromatic

#63451B #936729 #C38836 #D4A463 #E1C092

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#C38836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#C38836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C38836

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38836	1.00	3.05	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 136, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.120 71.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daaa72',
    500: '#c38836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38836;
$custom-light: #daaa72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.894,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67105,
    "c": 0.12026,
    "h": 71.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38836

secondary

#89A5CC

accent

#88E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38836

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

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