#C38B26#C38B26

#C38B26 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.129 H 77.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38B26
RGB	rgb(195, 139, 38)
HSL	hsl(39, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 81%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 80.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.84, 12.67, 58.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.84, 59.56, 77.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.56% 0.029 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(67.56% 0.129 77)
XYZ	xyz(32.0905, 30.2100, 5.9743)
Luminance	0.3021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38B26 #265EC3

analogous

#C33D26 #C38B26 #ACC326

triadic

#C38B26 #26C38B #8B26C3

tetradic

#C38B26 #26C33D #265EC3 #C326AC

square

#C38B26 #26C33D #265EC3 #C326AC

split-complementary

#C38B26 #26ACC3 #3D26C3

monochromatic

#5D4212 #90661C #C38B26 #DCA84A #E6C17E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#C38B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#C38B26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38B26

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38B26	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 139, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.129 77.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daac69',
    500: '#c38b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38b26;
$custom-light: #daac69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.599,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67563,
    "c": 0.12907,
    "h": 77
  },
  "luminance": 0.30207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38B26

secondary

#7796CE

accent

#7BEA3E

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38B26

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

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