#C38C32#C38C32

#C38C32 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.123 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38C32
RGB	rgb(195, 140, 50)
HSL	hsl(37, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 74.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.16, 12.60, 53.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.16, 55.29, 76.83°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% 0.0303 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.123 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.4617, 30.5912, 7.2120)
Luminance	0.3059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38C32 #3269C3

analogous

#C34332 #C38C32 #B2C332

triadic

#C38C32 #32C38C #8C32C3

tetradic

#C38C32 #32C343 #3269C3 #C332B2

square

#C38C32 #32C343 #3269C3 #C332B2

split-complementary

#C38C32 #32B2C3 #4332C3

monochromatic

#624619 #926926 #C38C32 #D5A85D #E2C28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#C38C32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#C38C32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38C32

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38C32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38C32	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)

#A08E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38c32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 140, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.123 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daad70',
    500: '#c38c32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38c32;
$custom-light: #daad70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38c32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.241,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67843,
    "c": 0.12288,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38C32

secondary

#85A0CC

accent

#81E245

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38C32

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

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