#C38B40#C38B40

#C38B40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.114 H 71.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38B40
RGB	rgb(195, 139, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.03, 13.89, 47.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.03, 49.39, 73.67°)
OKLab	oklab(67.78% 0.0359 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(67.78% 0.114 71.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.6658, 30.4401, 9.0046)
Luminance	0.3044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38B40 #4078C3

analogous

#C34940 #C38B40 #B9C340

triadic

#C38B40 #40C38B #8B40C3

tetradic

#C38B40 #40C349 #4078C3 #C340B9

square

#C38B40 #40C349 #4078C3 #C340B9

split-complementary

#C38B40 #40B9C3 #4940C3

monochromatic

#684921 #976A2F #C38B40 #D2A76F #E0C49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#C38B40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#C38B40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38B40

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38B40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38B40	1.00	2.96	7.09	7.09
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38b40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 139, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.114 71.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ac78',
    500: '#c38b40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38b40;
$custom-light: #d9ac78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38b40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.351,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6778,
    "c": 0.11382,
    "h": 71.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38B40

secondary

#92ABCC

accent

#89DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38B40

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

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