#C38A39#C38A39

#C38A39 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.301; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.118 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38A39
RGB	rgb(195, 138, 57)
HSL	hsl(35, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.2%, 70.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.72, 14.04, 50.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.72, 52.25, 74.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% 0.0354 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.118 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3349, 30.0771, 7.9726)
Luminance	0.3007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38A39 #3972C3

analogous

#C34539 #C38A39 #B7C339

triadic

#C38A39 #39C38A #8A39C3

tetradic

#C38A39 #39C345 #3972C3 #C339B7

square

#C38A39 #39C345 #3972C3 #C339B7

split-complementary

#C38A39 #39B7C3 #4539C3

monochromatic

#64471D #94682B #C38A39 #D2A667 #E0C296

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.99

#C38A39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#C38A39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38A39

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38A39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38A39	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)

#9E8D2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38a39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 138, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.118 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daac73',
    500: '#c38a39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38a39;
$custom-light: #daac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38a39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.217,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67517,
    "c": 0.11844,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38A39

secondary

#8CA6CC

accent

#87DE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38A39

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

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