#C38C30#C38C30

#C38C30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.124 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38C30
RGB	rgb(195, 140, 48)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 75.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.15, 12.51, 54.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.15, 56.07, 77.11°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% 0.0298 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.124 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.4195, 30.5743, 6.9897)
Luminance	0.3057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38C30 #3067C3

analogous

#C34230 #C38C30 #B0C330

triadic

#C38C30 #30C38C #8C30C3

tetradic

#C38C30 #30C342 #3067C3 #C330B0

square

#C38C30 #30C342 #3067C3 #C330B0

split-complementary

#C38C30 #30B0C3 #4230C3

monochromatic

#614518 #926924 #C38C30 #D6A85A #E2C28B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#C38C30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#C38C30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38C30

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38C30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38C30	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38c30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 140, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.124 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daad6e',
    500: '#c38c30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38c30;
$custom-light: #daad6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38c30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.551,
    "s": 60.494,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67827,
    "c": 0.12403,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38C30

secondary

#829ECC

accent

#80E444

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38C30

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

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