#C38B36#C38B36

#C38B36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.120 H 74.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38B36
RGB	rgb(195, 139, 54)
HSL	hsl(36, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.94, 13.34, 51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.94, 53.59, 75.59°)
OKLab	oklab(67.68% 0.033 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(67.68% 0.12 74.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4064, 30.3363, 7.6381)
Luminance	0.3033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38B36 #366EC3

analogous

#C34436 #C38B36 #B5C336

triadic

#C38B36 #36C38B #8B36C3

tetradic

#C38B36 #36C344 #366EC3 #C336B5

square

#C38B36 #36C344 #366EC3 #C336B5

split-complementary

#C38B36 #36B5C3 #4436C3

monochromatic

#63471B #936929 #C38B36 #D4A763 #E1C292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#C38B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#C38B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38B36

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38B36	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 139, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.120 74.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daac72',
    500: '#c38b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38b36;
$custom-light: #daac72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.17,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67683,
    "c": 0.12038,
    "h": 74.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38B36

secondary

#89A4CC

accent

#84E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38B36

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

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