#C38C39#C38C39

#C38C39 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.119 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38C39
RGB	rgb(195, 140, 57)
HSL	hsl(36, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(36, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 70.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.22, 12.94, 50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.22, 52.47, 75.72°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% 0.0322 0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.119 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.6245, 30.6563, 8.0691)
Luminance	0.3065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38C39 #3970C3

analogous

#C34739 #C38C39 #B5C339

triadic

#C38C39 #39C38C #8C39C3

tetradic

#C38C39 #39C347 #3970C3 #C339B5

square

#C38C39 #39C347 #3970C3 #C339B5

split-complementary

#C38C39 #39B5C3 #4739C3

monochromatic

#64481D #946A2B #C38C39 #D2A867 #E0C396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#C38C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#C38C39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38C39

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38C39	1.00	2.94	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.94	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)

#A08F2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 140, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.119 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daad74',
    500: '#c38c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38c39;
$custom-light: #daad74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.087,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67904,
    "c": 0.11858,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38C39

secondary

#8CA5CC

accent

#85DE4A

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38C39

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

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