#C38B45#C38B45

#C38B45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.110 H 70.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38B45
RGB	rgb(195, 139, 69)
HSL	hsl(33, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(33, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 64.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.08, 14.20, 45.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.08, 47.22, 72.50°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% 0.0376 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.11 70.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8146, 30.4996, 9.7878)
Luminance	0.3050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38B45 #457DC3

analogous

#C34C45 #C38B45 #BCC345

triadic

#C38B45 #45C38B #8B45C3

tetradic

#C38B45 #45C34C #457DC3 #C345BC

square

#C38B45 #45C34C #457DC3 #C345BC

split-complementary

#C38B45 #45BCC3 #4C45C3

monochromatic

#6B4B23 #996B31 #C38B45 #D2A873 #E1C5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#C38B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#C38B45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38B45

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38B45	1.00	2.96	7.10	7.10
#FFFFFF	2.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8E3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D37D7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 139, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.110 70.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ac7b',
    500: '#c38b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38b45;
$custom-light: #d9ac7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67836,
    "c": 0.11029,
    "h": 70.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38B45

secondary

#96AFCE

accent

#8CDB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38B45

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

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