#C38B42#C38B42

#C38B42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.112 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38B42
RGB	rgb(195, 139, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.05, 14.01, 46.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.05, 48.53, 73.22°)
OKLab	oklab(67.8% 0.0366 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(67.8% 0.112 71)
XYZ	xyz(32.7238, 30.4633, 9.3097)
Luminance	0.3046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38B42 #427AC3

analogous

#C34A42 #C38B42 #BBC342

triadic

#C38B42 #42C38B #8B42C3

tetradic

#C38B42 #42C34A #427AC3 #C342BB

square

#C38B42 #42C34A #427AC3 #C342BB

split-complementary

#C38B42 #42BBC3 #4A42C3

monochromatic

#694A21 #986B30 #C38B42 #D2A870 #E0C49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#C38B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#C38B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38B42

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38B42	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)

#9E8E3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 139, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.112 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ac79',
    500: '#c38b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38b42;
$custom-light: #d9ac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.953,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67802,
    "c": 0.11243,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.30461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38B42

secondary

#94ADCD

accent

#8ADB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38B42

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

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