#C38B33#C38B33

#C38B33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.122 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38B33
RGB	rgb(195, 139, 51)
HSL	hsl(37, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 73.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.92, 13.19, 53.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.92, 54.79, 76.06°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% 0.0321 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.122 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.3381, 30.3090, 7.2784)
Luminance	0.3031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38B33 #336BC3

analogous

#C34333 #C38B33 #B3C333

triadic

#C38B33 #33C38B #8B33C3

tetradic

#C38B33 #33C343 #336BC3 #C333B3

square

#C38B33 #33C343 #336BC3 #C333B3

split-complementary

#C38B33 #33B3C3 #4333C3

monochromatic

#62461A #926826 #C38B33 #D5A75E #E2C18F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#C38B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#C38B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38B33

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38B33	1.00	2.97	7.06	7.06
#FFFFFF	2.97	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)

#9F8E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 139, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.122 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daac70',
    500: '#c38b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38b33;
$custom-light: #daac70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.667,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67657,
    "c": 0.12219,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38B33

secondary

#86A1CC

accent

#83E246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38B33

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

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