#C38C26#C38C26

#C38C26 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.129 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38C26
RGB	rgb(195, 140, 38)
HSL	hsl(39, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 81%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 80.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.08, 12.12, 58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.08, 59.67, 78.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.76% 0.0275 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(67.76% 0.129 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.2359, 30.5009, 6.0228)
Luminance	0.3050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38C26 #265DC3

analogous

#C33D26 #C38C26 #ABC326

triadic

#C38C26 #26C38C #8C26C3

tetradic

#C38C26 #26C33D #265DC3 #C326AB

square

#C38C26 #26C33D #265DC3 #C326AB

split-complementary

#C38C26 #26ABC3 #3D26C3

monochromatic

#5D4212 #90671C #C38C26 #DCA94A #E6C17E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#C38C26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#C38C26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38C26

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38C26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38C26	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)

#A18E11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38c26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 140, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.129 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daad69',
    500: '#c38c26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38c26;
$custom-light: #daad69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38c26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.981,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67758,
    "c": 0.1292,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38C26

secondary

#7795CE

accent

#7AEA3E

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38C26

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

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