#C38C28#C38C28

#C38C28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.305; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.128 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38C28
RGB	rgb(195, 140, 40)
HSL	hsl(39, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 79%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 79.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.10, 12.19, 57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.10, 58.99, 78.07°)
OKLab	oklab(67.77% 0.0279 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(67.77% 0.128 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.2691, 30.5141, 6.1974)
Luminance	0.3051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38C28 #285FC3

analogous

#C33F28 #C38C28 #ACC328

triadic

#C38C28 #28C38C #8C28C3

tetradic

#C38C28 #28C33F #285FC3 #C328AC

square

#C38C28 #28C33F #285FC3 #C328AC

split-complementary

#C38C28 #28ACC3 #3F28C3

monochromatic

#5D4313 #90681E #C38C28 #DBA94E #E5C180

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#C38C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.10

#C38C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38C28

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38C28	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)

#A18E15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 140, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.128 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daad6a',
    500: '#c38c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38c28;
$custom-light: #daad6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.71,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67771,
    "c": 0.12825,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38C28

secondary

#7997CE

accent

#7BE93F

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38C28

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

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