#C38936#C38936

#C38936 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.120 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38936
RGB	rgb(195, 137, 54)
HSL	hsl(35, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.45, 14.44, 51.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.45, 53.38, 74.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.3% 0.0362 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(67.3% 0.12 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1194, 29.7625, 7.5424)
Luminance	0.2976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38936 #3670C3

analogous

#C34236 #C38936 #B7C336

triadic

#C38936 #36C389 #8936C3

tetradic

#C38936 #36C342 #3670C3 #C336B7

square

#C38936 #36C342 #3670C3 #C336B7

split-complementary

#C38936 #36B7C3 #4236C3

monochromatic

#63461B #936729 #C38936 #D4A563 #E1C192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#C38936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.95

#C38936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C38936

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38936	1.00	3.02	6.95	6.95
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 137, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.120 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daab72',
    500: '#c38936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38936;
$custom-light: #daab72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.319,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67297,
    "c": 0.12027,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38936

secondary

#89A4CC

accent

#86E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38936

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

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