#C38B73#C38B73

#C38B73 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.077 H 44.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38B73
RGB	rgb(195, 139, 115)
HSL	hsl(18, 40%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(18, 41%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 41%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.77, 18.31, 21.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.77, 28.10, 49.35°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% 0.0553 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.077 44.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.8342, 31.3075, 20.4245)
Luminance	0.3130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38B73 #73ABC3

analogous

#C37383 #C38B73 #C3B373

triadic

#C38B73 #73C38B #8B73C3

tetradic

#C38B73 #83C373 #73ABC3 #B373C3

square

#C38B73 #83C373 #73ABC3 #B373C3

split-complementary

#C38B73 #73C3B3 #7383C3

monochromatic

#834F38 #AE684B #C38B73 #D5AE9E #E8D2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#C38B73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#C38B73 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38B73

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38B73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38B73	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A69C73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D18285

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38b73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 139, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.077 44.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7ad9b',
    500: '#c38b73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38b73;
$custom-light: #d7ad9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38b73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18,
    "s": 40,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6859,
    "c": 0.07697,
    "h": 44.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38B73

secondary

#BACFD8

accent

#8CB332

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FBF4F2

border

#D4CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38B73

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

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