#C38923#C38923

#C38923 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.130 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38923
RGB	rgb(195, 137, 35)
HSL	hsl(38, 70%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(38, 82%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 82.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.32, 13.67, 58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.32, 60.36, 76.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% 0.0316 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.13 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7571, 29.6175, 5.6340)
Luminance	0.2962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38923 #235DC3

analogous

#C33923 #C38923 #ADC323

triadic

#C38923 #23C389 #8923C3

tetradic

#C38923 #23C339 #235DC3 #C323AD

square

#C38923 #23C339 #235DC3 #C323AD

split-complementary

#C38923 #23ADC3 #3923C3

monochromatic

#5B4010 #8F651A #C38923 #DEA745 #E7BF79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#C38923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.92

#C38923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C38923

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38923	1.00	3.03	6.92	6.92
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57976

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 137, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.130 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbab67',
    500: '#c38923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38923;
$custom-light: #dbab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.25,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67158,
    "c": 0.13023,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38923

secondary

#7394CF

accent

#7CEC3B

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161006

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38923

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

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