#C38837#C38837

#C38837 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.120 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38837
RGB	rgb(195, 136, 55)
HSL	hsl(35, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.21, 15.04, 50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.21, 52.88, 73.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.11% 0.0381 0.1134)
OKLCH	oklch(67.11% 0.12 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0017, 29.4890, 7.6202)
Luminance	0.2949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38837 #3772C3

analogous

#C34237 #C38837 #B8C337

triadic

#C38837 #37C388 #8837C3

tetradic

#C38837 #37C342 #3772C3 #C337B8

square

#C38837 #37C342 #3772C3 #C337B8

split-complementary

#C38837 #37B8C3 #4237C3

monochromatic

#64451C #93672A #C38837 #D3A464 #E1C094

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#C38837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#C38837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C38837

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38837	1.00	3.04	6.90	6.90
#FFFFFF	3.04	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)

#9C8B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9939

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 136, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.120 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daaa72',
    500: '#c38837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38837;
$custom-light: #daaa72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67114,
    "c": 0.11965,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38837

secondary

#8AA6CC

accent

#88DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38837

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

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