#C38B34#C38B34

#C38B34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.122 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38B34
RGB	rgb(195, 139, 52)
HSL	hsl(37, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 73.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.93, 13.24, 52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.93, 54.39, 75.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.66% 0.0324 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(67.66% 0.122 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3604, 30.3179, 7.3958)
Luminance	0.3031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38B34 #346CC3

analogous

#C34334 #C38B34 #B4C334

triadic

#C38B34 #34C38B #8B34C3

tetradic

#C38B34 #34C343 #346CC3 #C334B4

square

#C38B34 #34C343 #346CC3 #C334B4

split-complementary

#C38B34 #34B4C3 #4334C3

monochromatic

#62461A #936927 #C38B34 #D5A760 #E1C290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#C38B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.06

#C38B34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38B34

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38B34	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)

#9F8E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 139, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.122 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daac71',
    500: '#c38b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38b34;
$custom-light: #daac71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.503,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67665,
    "c": 0.1216,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38B34

secondary

#87A2CC

accent

#83E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38B34

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

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