#C38C22#C38C22

#C38C22 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.131 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38C22
RGB	rgb(195, 140, 34)
HSL	hsl(40, 70%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 83%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 82.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.06, 11.99, 59.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.06, 60.96, 78.66°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% 0.0267 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.131 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.1748, 30.4764, 5.7011)
Luminance	0.3047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38C22 #2259C3

analogous

#C33B22 #C38C22 #AAC322

triadic

#C38C22 #22C38C #8C22C3

tetradic

#C38C22 #22C33B #2259C3 #C322AA

square

#C38C22 #22C33B #2259C3 #C322AA

split-complementary

#C38C22 #22AAC3 #3B22C3

monochromatic

#5B4110 #8F6719 #C38C22 #DEAA44 #E7C178

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#C38C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.09

#C38C22 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38C22

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38C22	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)

#A18E07

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 140, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.131 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbad67',
    500: '#c38c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38c22;
$custom-light: #dbad67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.503,
    "s": 70.306,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67735,
    "c": 0.13097,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38C22

secondary

#7292CF

accent

#78ED3B

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38C22

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

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