#C38B3E#C38B3E

#C38B3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.115 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38B3E
RGB	rgb(195, 139, 62)
HSL	hsl(35, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 68.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.01, 13.77, 48.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.01, 50.25, 74.10°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% 0.0353 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.115 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6100, 30.4178, 8.7102)
Luminance	0.3041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38B3E #3E76C3

analogous

#C3483E #C38B3E #B8C33E

triadic

#C38B3E #3EC38B #8B3EC3

tetradic

#C38B3E #3EC348 #3E76C3 #C33EB8

square

#C38B3E #3EC348 #3E76C3 #C33EB8

split-complementary

#C38B3E #3EB8C3 #483EC3

monochromatic

#674920 #956A2E #C38B3E #D2A76D #E0C39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#C38B3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#C38B3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38B3E

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38B3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38B3E	1.00	2.96	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.96	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)

#9F8E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38b3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 139, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.115 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ac77',
    500: '#c38b3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38b3e;
$custom-light: #d9ac77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38b3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.737,
    "s": 52.569,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67759,
    "c": 0.1152,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38B3E

secondary

#91AACC

accent

#89DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38B3E

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

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