#C38C3B#C38C3B

#C38C3B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.117 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38C3B
RGB	rgb(195, 140, 59)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 69.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.23, 13.05, 49.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.23, 51.63, 75.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% 0.0328 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.117 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6754, 30.6767, 8.3371)
Luminance	0.3067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38C3B #3B72C3

analogous

#C3483B #C38C3B #B6C33B

triadic

#C38C3B #3BC38C #8C3BC3

tetradic

#C38C3B #3BC348 #3B72C3 #C33BB6

square

#C38C3B #3BC348 #3B72C3 #C33BB6

split-complementary

#C38C3B #3BB6C3 #483BC3

monochromatic

#65491F #946A2D #C38C3B #D2A869 #E0C398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#C38C3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#C38C3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38C3B

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38C3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38C3B	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)

#A08F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38c3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 140, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.117 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daad75',
    500: '#c38c3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38c3b;
$custom-light: #daad75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38c3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.735,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67923,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38C3B

secondary

#8EA7CC

accent

#86DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38C3B

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

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