#C38B3B#C38B3B

#C38B3B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.117 H 72.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38B3B
RGB	rgb(195, 139, 59)
HSL	hsl(35, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 69.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.99, 13.60, 49.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.99, 51.52, 74.69°)
OKLab	oklab(67.73% 0.0344 0.112)
OKLCH	oklch(67.73% 0.117 72.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5299, 30.3857, 8.2886)
Luminance	0.3038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38B3B #3B73C3

analogous

#C3473B #C38B3B #B7C33B

triadic

#C38B3B #3BC38B #8B3BC3

tetradic

#C38B3B #3BC347 #3B73C3 #C33BB7

square

#C38B3B #3BC347 #3B73C3 #C33BB7

split-complementary

#C38B3B #3BB7C3 #473BC3

monochromatic

#65481F #946A2D #C38B3B #D2A769 #E0C398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#C38B3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#C38B3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38B3B

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38B3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38B3B	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38b3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 139, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.117 72.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daac75',
    500: '#c38b3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38b3b;
$custom-light: #daac75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38b3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.294,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67729,
    "c": 0.11719,
    "h": 72.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38B3B

secondary

#8EA7CC

accent

#87DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38B3B

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

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