#C38B31#C38B31

#C38B31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.123 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38B31
RGB	rgb(195, 139, 49)
HSL	hsl(37, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 74.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.91, 13.10, 54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.91, 55.57, 76.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.64% 0.0316 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(67.64% 0.123 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.2949, 30.2918, 7.0511)
Luminance	0.3029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38B31 #3169C3

analogous

#C34231 #C38B31 #B2C331

triadic

#C38B31 #31C38B #8B31C3

tetradic

#C38B31 #31C342 #3169C3 #C331B2

square

#C38B31 #31C342 #3169C3 #C331B2

split-complementary

#C38B31 #31B2C3 #4231C3

monochromatic

#614518 #926825 #C38B31 #D6A75B #E2C18C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#C38B31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#C38B31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38B31

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38B31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38B31	1.00	2.98	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38b31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 139, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.123 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daac6f',
    500: '#c38b31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38b31;
$custom-light: #daac6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38b31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.986,
    "s": 59.836,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67641,
    "c": 0.12336,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38B31

secondary

#839FCC

accent

#81E345

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38B31

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

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