#C38C3C#C38C3C

#C38C3C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.117 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C38C3C
RGBrgb(195, 140, 60)
HSLhsl(36, 53%, 50%)
HSVhsv(36, 69%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 28.2%, 69.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(62.24, 13.11, 49.51)
CIE-LCHlch(62.24, 51.21, 75.17°)
OKLaboklab(67.93% 0.0331 0.1118)
OKLCHoklch(67.93% 0.117 73.5)
XYZxyz(32.7015, 30.6871, 8.4750)
Luminance0.3069 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C38C3C #3C73C3
analogous
#C3493C #C38C3C #B6C33C
triadic
#C38C3C #3CC38C #8C3CC3
tetradic
#C38C3C #3CC349 #3C73C3 #C33CB6
square
#C38C3C #3CC349 #3C73C3 #C33CB6
split-complementary
#C38C3C #3CB6C3 #493CC3
monochromatic
#65491F #946A2E #C38C3C #D1A86B #E0C39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94
#C38C3C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14
#C38C3C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38C3C
7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C38C3C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C38C3C1.002.947.147.14
#FFFFFF2.941.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1421.001.001.00
##0000007.1421.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A08F33
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AD9C3E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D47E7B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c38c3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 140, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.117 73.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ad75',
    500: '#c38c3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c38c3c;
$custom-light: #d9ad75;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c38c3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.556,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67933,
    "c": 0.1166,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C38C3C
secondary
#8FA8CC
accent
#86DC4B
background
#FDFAF7
surface
#FBF4ED
border
#D4CEC8
text
#151009
muted
#837F7B

Preview Lab

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#C38C3C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva