#C38838#C38838

#C38838 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.295; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.119 H 71.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38838
RGB	rgb(195, 136, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.3%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.22, 15.09, 50.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.22, 52.48, 73.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.12% 0.0384 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(67.12% 0.119 71.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.0259, 29.4986, 7.7477)
Luminance	0.2950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38838 #3873C3

analogous

#C34338 #C38838 #B9C338

triadic

#C38838 #38C388 #8838C3

tetradic

#C38838 #38C343 #3873C3 #C338B9

square

#C38838 #38C343 #3873C3 #C338B9

split-complementary

#C38838 #38B9C3 #4338C3

monochromatic

#64461D #93672A #C38838 #D3A465 #E1C095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.04

#C38838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.90

#C38838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C38838

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38838	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)

#9C8B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47977

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 136, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.119 71.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daaa73',
    500: '#c38838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38838;
$custom-light: #daaa73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.532,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67123,
    "c": 0.11903,
    "h": 71.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38838

secondary

#8BA7CC

accent

#89DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38838

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

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