#C38A28#C38A28

#C38A28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.128 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38A28
RGB	rgb(195, 138, 40)
HSL	hsl(38, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(38, 79%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 79.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.60, 13.29, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.60, 58.78, 76.94°)
OKLab	oklab(67.38% 0.0311 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(67.38% 0.128 76)
XYZ	xyz(31.9795, 29.9350, 6.1008)
Luminance	0.2993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38A28 #2861C3

analogous

#C33C28 #C38A28 #AEC328

triadic

#C38A28 #28C38A #8A28C3

tetradic

#C38A28 #28C33C #2861C3 #C328AE

square

#C38A28 #28C33C #2861C3 #C328AE

split-complementary

#C38A28 #28AEC3 #3C28C3

monochromatic

#5D4213 #90661E #C38A28 #DBA74E #E5C080

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#C38A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.99

#C38A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C38A28

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38A28	1.00	3.01	6.99	6.99
#FFFFFF	3.01	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)

#9F8D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 138, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.128 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daac6a',
    500: '#c38a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38a28;
$custom-light: #daac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.935,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67382,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.29932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38A28

secondary

#7998CE

accent

#7DE93F

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38A28

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

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