#C38B50#C38B50

#C38B50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.102 H 66.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38B50
RGB	rgb(195, 139, 80)
HSL	hsl(31, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(31, 59%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 59%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.21, 14.98, 39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.21, 42.35, 69.29°)
OKLab	oklab(67.98% 0.0414 0.0933)
OKLCH	oklch(67.98% 0.102 66.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.1882, 30.6491, 11.7558)
Luminance	0.3065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38B50 #5088C3

analogous

#C35250 #C38B50 #C1C350

triadic

#C38B50 #50C38B #8B50C3

tetradic

#C38B50 #50C352 #5088C3 #C350C1

square

#C38B50 #50C352 #5088C3 #C350C1

split-complementary

#C38B50 #50C1C3 #5250C3

monochromatic

#724D27 #9F6C37 #C38B50 #D3A97E #E2C7AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#C38B50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#C38B50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38B50

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38B50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38B50	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8F4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D37E7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38b50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 139, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.102 66.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ad82',
    500: '#c38b50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38b50;
$custom-light: #d9ad82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38b50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.783,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67977,
    "c": 0.10209,
    "h": 66.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38B50

secondary

#9FB7D0

accent

#92D84F

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38B50

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

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