#C38B38#C38B38

#C38B38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.119 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C38B38
RGBrgb(195, 139, 56)
HSLhsl(36, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(36, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 28.7%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(61.96, 13.44, 51.03)
CIE-LCHlch(61.96, 52.77, 75.24°)
OKLaboklab(67.7% 0.0335 0.1143)
OKLCHoklch(67.7% 0.119 73.7)
XYZxyz(32.4543, 30.3555, 7.8905)
Luminance0.3035 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C38B38 #3870C3
analogous
#C34638 #C38B38 #B6C338
triadic
#C38B38 #38C38B #8B38C3
tetradic
#C38B38 #38C346 #3870C3 #C338B6
square
#C38B38 #38C346 #3870C3 #C338B6
split-complementary
#C38B38 #38B6C3 #4638C3
monochromatic
#64471D #93692A #C38B38 #D3A765 #E1C295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97
#C38B38 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07
#C38B38 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38B38
7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C38B38#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C38B381.002.977.077.07
#FFFFFF2.971.0021.0021.00
#0000007.0721.001.001.00
##0000007.0721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9F8E2E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AC9B3A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D47D7A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c38b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 139, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.119 73.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daac73',
    500: '#c38b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c38b38;
$custom-light: #daac73;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c38b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.827,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67701,
    "c": 0.11913,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C38B38
secondary
#8BA5CC
accent
#85DF49
background
#FEFAF7
surface
#FCF4ED
border
#D5CEC8
text
#161008
muted
#847F7B

Preview Lab

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#C38B38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva