#C38C34#C38C34

#C38C34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.122 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38C34
RGB	rgb(195, 140, 52)
HSL	hsl(37, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(37, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 73.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.18, 12.69, 53.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.18, 54.50, 76.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% 0.0308 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.122 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.5058, 30.6088, 7.4442)
Luminance	0.3061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38C34 #346BC3

analogous

#C34434 #C38C34 #B2C334

triadic

#C38C34 #34C38C #8C34C3

tetradic

#C38C34 #34C344 #346BC3 #C334B2

square

#C38C34 #34C344 #346BC3 #C334B2

split-complementary

#C38C34 #34B2C3 #4434C3

monochromatic

#62471A #936927 #C38C34 #D5A860 #E1C290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#C38C34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.12

#C38C34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38C34

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38C34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38C34	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)

#A08E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47D7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38c34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 140, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.122 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daad71',
    500: '#c38c34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38c34;
$custom-light: #daad71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38c34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.923,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67859,
    "c": 0.12169,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38C34

secondary

#87A1CC

accent

#82E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38C34

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

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