#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
RGB	rgb(195, 139, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.96, 13.44, 51.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.96, 52.77, 75.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% 0.0335 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.119 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4543, 30.3555, 7.8905)
Luminance	0.3035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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
##C38B38	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)

#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

Preview with #C38B38

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

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