#C38C38#C38C38

#C38C38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.119 H 74.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38C38
RGB	rgb(195, 140, 56)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.21, 12.89, 51.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.21, 52.88, 75.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% 0.0319 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.119 74.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.5998, 30.6464, 7.9390)
Luminance	0.3064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38C38 #386FC3

analogous

#C34738 #C38C38 #B5C338

triadic

#C38C38 #38C38C #8C38C3

tetradic

#C38C38 #38C347 #386FC3 #C338B5

square

#C38C38 #38C347 #386FC3 #C338B5

split-complementary

#C38C38 #38B5C3 #4738C3

monochromatic

#64481D #936A2A #C38C38 #D3A865 #E1C395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#C38C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#C38C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38C38

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38C38	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 140, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.119 74.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daad73',
    500: '#c38c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38c38;
$custom-light: #daad73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.259,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67895,
    "c": 0.11922,
    "h": 74.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38C38

secondary

#8BA5CC

accent

#84DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38C38

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

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