#C38A37#C38A37

#C38A37 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.120 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38A37
RGB	rgb(195, 138, 55)
HSL	hsl(36, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.70, 13.94, 51.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.70, 53.07, 74.77°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% 0.0348 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.12 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2860, 30.0576, 7.7150)
Luminance	0.3005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38A37 #3770C3

analogous

#C34437 #C38A37 #B6C337

triadic

#C38A37 #37C38A #8A37C3

tetradic

#C38A37 #37C344 #3770C3 #C337B6

square

#C38A37 #37C344 #3770C3 #C337B6

split-complementary

#C38A37 #37B6C3 #4437C3

monochromatic

#64461C #93682A #C38A37 #D3A664 #E1C194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#C38A37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#C38A37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38A37

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38A37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38A37	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)

#9E8D2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38a37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 138, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.120 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daac72',
    500: '#c38a37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38a37;
$custom-light: #daac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38a37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67498,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38A37

secondary

#8AA5CC

accent

#86DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38A37

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

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