#C38A32#C38A32

#C38A32 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.123 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38A32
RGB	rgb(195, 138, 50)
HSL	hsl(36, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(36, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 74.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.66, 13.70, 53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.66, 55.08, 75.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% 0.0335 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.123 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1722, 30.0120, 7.1155)
Luminance	0.3001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38A32 #326BC3

analogous

#C34132 #C38A32 #B3C332

triadic

#C38A32 #32C38A #8A32C3

tetradic

#C38A32 #32C341 #326BC3 #C332B3

square

#C38A32 #32C341 #326BC3 #C332B3

split-complementary

#C38A32 #32B3C3 #4132C3

monochromatic

#624519 #926826 #C38A32 #D5A65D #E2C18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#C38A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#C38A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38A32

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38A32	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 138, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.123 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daac6f',
    500: '#c38a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38a32;
$custom-light: #daac6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.414,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67455,
    "c": 0.12269,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38A32

secondary

#85A1CC

accent

#83E245

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38A32

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

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