#C38B28#C38B28

#C38B28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.128 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38B28
RGB	rgb(195, 139, 40)
HSL	hsl(38, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(38, 79%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 79.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.85, 12.74, 57.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.85, 58.88, 77.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.58% 0.0295 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(67.58% 0.128 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1236, 30.2232, 6.1489)
Luminance	0.3022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38B28 #2860C3

analogous

#C33E28 #C38B28 #ADC328

triadic

#C38B28 #28C38B #8B28C3

tetradic

#C38B28 #28C33E #2860C3 #C328AD

square

#C38B28 #28C33E #2860C3 #C328AD

split-complementary

#C38B28 #28ADC3 #3E28C3

monochromatic

#5D4313 #90671E #C38B28 #DBA84E #E5C180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#C38B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#C38B28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38B28

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38B28	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)

#A08D16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 139, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.128 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daac6a',
    500: '#c38b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38b28;
$custom-light: #daac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.323,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67576,
    "c": 0.12813,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38B28

secondary

#7998CE

accent

#7CE93F

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38B28

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

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