#C38A38#C38A38

#C38A38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.119 H 72.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38A38
RGB	rgb(195, 138, 56)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.71, 13.99, 50.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.71, 52.66, 74.60°)
OKLab	oklab(67.51% 0.0351 0.1138)
OKLCH	oklch(67.51% 0.119 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3102, 30.0672, 7.8425)
Luminance	0.3006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38A38 #3871C3

analogous

#C34538 #C38A38 #B6C338

triadic

#C38A38 #38C38A #8A38C3

tetradic

#C38A38 #38C345 #3871C3 #C338B6

square

#C38A38 #38C345 #3871C3 #C338B6

split-complementary

#C38A38 #38B6C3 #4538C3

monochromatic

#64471D #93682A #C38A38 #D3A665 #E1C295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#C38A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#C38A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38A38

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38A38	1.00	2.99	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	2.99	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)

#9E8D2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47B79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 138, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.119 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daac73',
    500: '#c38a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38a38;
$custom-light: #daac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.396,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67507,
    "c": 0.11907,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38A38

secondary

#8BA6CC

accent

#86DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38A38

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

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