#C38938#C38938

#C38938 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.119 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38938
RGB	rgb(195, 137, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, 14.54, 50.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 52.57, 73.94°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% 0.0367 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.119 72)
XYZ	xyz(32.1674, 29.7816, 7.7949)
Luminance	0.2978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38938 #3872C3

analogous

#C34438 #C38938 #B8C338

triadic

#C38938 #38C389 #8938C3

tetradic

#C38938 #38C344 #3872C3 #C338B8

square

#C38938 #38C344 #3872C3 #C338B8

split-complementary

#C38938 #38B8C3 #4438C3

monochromatic

#64461D #93682A #C38938 #D3A565 #E1C195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#C38938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#C38938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C38938

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38938	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 137, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.119 72.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daab73',
    500: '#c38938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38938;
$custom-light: #daab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.964,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67315,
    "c": 0.11903,
    "h": 72
  },
  "luminance": 0.29779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38938

secondary

#8BA6CC

accent

#88DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38938

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

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