#C38A36#C38A36

#C38A36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.120 H 73.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38A36
RGB	rgb(195, 138, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.70, 13.89, 51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.70, 53.48, 74.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.49% 0.0346 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(67.49% 0.12 73.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2623, 30.0481, 7.5900)
Luminance	0.3004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38A36 #366FC3

analogous

#C34436 #C38A36 #B6C336

triadic

#C38A36 #36C38A #8A36C3

tetradic

#C38A36 #36C344 #366FC3 #C336B6

square

#C38A36 #36C344 #366FC3 #C336B6

split-complementary

#C38A36 #36B6C3 #4436C3

monochromatic

#63461B #936829 #C38A36 #D4A663 #E1C192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#C38A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#C38A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38A36

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38A36	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47B78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 138, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.120 73.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daac72',
    500: '#c38a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38a36;
$custom-light: #daac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.745,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67489,
    "c": 0.12031,
    "h": 73.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38A36

secondary

#89A4CC

accent

#85E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38A36

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

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