#C38C31#C38C31

#C38C31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.123 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38C31
RGB	rgb(195, 140, 49)
HSL	hsl(37, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 74.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.15, 12.55, 54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.15, 55.68, 76.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% 0.03 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.123 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4404, 30.5827, 7.0996)
Luminance	0.3058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38C31 #3168C3

analogous

#C34331 #C38C31 #B1C331

triadic

#C38C31 #31C38C #8C31C3

tetradic

#C38C31 #31C343 #3168C3 #C331B1

square

#C38C31 #31C343 #3168C3 #C331B1

split-complementary

#C38C31 #31B1C3 #4331C3

monochromatic

#614618 #926925 #C38C31 #D6A85B #E2C28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#C38C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#C38C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38C31

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38C31	1.00	2.95	7.12	7.12
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08E24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 140, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.123 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daad6f',
    500: '#c38c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38c31;
$custom-light: #daad6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.397,
    "s": 59.836,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67835,
    "c": 0.12346,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38C31

secondary

#839FCC

accent

#80E345

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38C31

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

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