#C38C23#C38C23

#C38C23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.131 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38C23
RGB	rgb(195, 140, 35)
HSL	hsl(39, 70%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(39, 82%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 82.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.07, 12.02, 59.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.07, 60.65, 78.57°)
OKLab	oklab(67.74% 0.0269 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(67.74% 0.131 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.1895, 30.4823, 5.7781)
Luminance	0.3048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38C23 #235AC3

analogous

#C33C23 #C38C23 #AAC323

triadic

#C38C23 #23C38C #8C23C3

tetradic

#C38C23 #23C33C #235AC3 #C323AA

square

#C38C23 #23C33C #235AC3 #C323AA

split-complementary

#C38C23 #23AAC3 #3C23C3

monochromatic

#5B4110 #8F671A #C38C23 #DEA945 #E7C179

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#C38C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#C38C23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38C23

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38C23	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)

#A18E0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 140, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.131 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbad68',
    500: '#c38c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38c23;
$custom-light: #dbad68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.375,
    "s": 69.565,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67741,
    "c": 0.13055,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38C23

secondary

#7393CF

accent

#78EC3B

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38C23

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

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