#C38949#C38949

#C38949 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.107 H 66.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38949
RGB	rgb(195, 137, 73)
HSL	hsl(31, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(31, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 62.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.63, 15.56, 42.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.63, 45.28, 69.90°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% 0.0422 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.107 66.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.6560, 29.9771, 10.3683)
Luminance	0.2997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38949 #4983C3

analogous

#C34C49 #C38949 #C0C349

triadic

#C38949 #49C389 #8949C3

tetradic

#C38949 #49C34C #4983C3 #C349C0

square

#C38949 #49C34C #4983C3 #C349C0

split-complementary

#C38949 #49C0C3 #4C49C3

monochromatic

#6E4B24 #9C6A33 #C38949 #D2A777 #E1C5A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#C38949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#C38949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C38949

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38949	1.00	3.00	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8D43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D37C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 137, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.107 66.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ab7e',
    500: '#c38949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38949;
$custom-light: #d9ab7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.475,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67501,
    "c": 0.10746,
    "h": 66.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38949

secondary

#99B3CE

accent

#90DA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38949

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

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