#C38B3C#C38B3C

#C38B3C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.117 H 72.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38B3C
RGB	rgb(195, 139, 60)
HSL	hsl(35, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 69.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.99, 13.66, 49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.99, 51.10, 74.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% 0.0347 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.117 72.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5561, 30.3962, 8.4265)
Luminance	0.3039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38B3C #3C74C3

analogous

#C3473C #C38B3C #B8C33C

triadic

#C38B3C #3CC38B #8B3CC3

tetradic

#C38B3C #3CC347 #3C74C3 #C33CB8

square

#C38B3C #3CC347 #3C74C3 #C33CB8

split-complementary

#C38B3C #3CB8C3 #473CC3

monochromatic

#65481F #946A2E #C38B3C #D1A76B #E0C39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#C38B3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#C38B3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38B3C

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38B3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38B3C	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)

#9F8E33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38b3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 139, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.117 72.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ac75',
    500: '#c38b3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38b3c;
$custom-light: #d9ac75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38b3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.111,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67739,
    "c": 0.11654,
    "h": 72.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38B3C

secondary

#8FA8CC

accent

#88DC4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38B3C

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

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