#C38939#C38939

#C38939 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.118 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38939
RGB	rgb(195, 137, 57)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 70.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.47, 14.59, 50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.47, 52.15, 73.75°)
OKLab	oklab(67.32% 0.037 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(67.32% 0.118 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.1921, 29.7915, 7.9250)
Luminance	0.2979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38939 #3973C3

analogous

#C34439 #C38939 #B8C339

triadic

#C38939 #39C389 #8939C3

tetradic

#C38939 #39C344 #3973C3 #C339B8

square

#C38939 #39C344 #3973C3 #C339B8

split-complementary

#C38939 #39B8C3 #4439C3

monochromatic

#64461D #94682B #C38939 #D2A567 #E0C196

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#C38939 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#C38939 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C38939

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38939	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38939	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)

#9D8C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47A78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38939;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 137, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.118 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daab73',
    500: '#c38939',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38939;
$custom-light: #daab73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38939",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.783,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67324,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.29789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38939

secondary

#8CA7CC

accent

#88DE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38939

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

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