#C38C33#C38C33

#C38C33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.122 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38C33
RGB	rgb(195, 140, 51)
HSL	hsl(37, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 73.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.17, 12.65, 53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.17, 54.90, 76.68°)
OKLab	oklab(67.85% 0.0305 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(67.85% 0.122 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4835, 30.5999, 7.3269)
Luminance	0.3060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38C33 #336AC3

analogous

#C34433 #C38C33 #B2C333

triadic

#C38C33 #33C38C #8C33C3

tetradic

#C38C33 #33C344 #336AC3 #C333B2

square

#C38C33 #33C344 #336AC3 #C333B2

split-complementary

#C38C33 #33B2C3 #4433C3

monochromatic

#62461A #926926 #C38C33 #D5A85E #E2C28F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#C38C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#C38C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38C33

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38C33	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)

#A08E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 140, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.122 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daad70',
    500: '#c38c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38c33;
$custom-light: #daad70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.083,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67851,
    "c": 0.12229,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38C33

secondary

#86A1CC

accent

#82E246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38C33

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

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