#C38C3D#C38C3D

#C38C3D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.116 H 73.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38C3D
RGB	rgb(195, 140, 61)
HSL	hsl(35, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 68.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.25, 13.16, 49.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.25, 50.79, 74.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% 0.0334 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.116 73.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7282, 30.6978, 8.6155)
Luminance	0.3070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38C3D #3D74C3

analogous

#C3493D #C38C3D #B7C33D

triadic

#C38C3D #3DC38C #8C3DC3

tetradic

#C38C3D #3DC349 #3D74C3 #C33DB7

square

#C38C3D #3DC349 #3D74C3 #C33DB7

split-complementary

#C38C3D #3DB7C3 #493DC3

monochromatic

#664920 #956B2E #C38C3D #D1A86C #E0C39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#C38C3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#C38C3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38C3D

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38C3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38C3D	1.00	2.94	7.14	7.14
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38c3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 140, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.116 73.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ad76',
    500: '#c38c3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38c3d;
$custom-light: #d9ad76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38c3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.373,
    "s": 52.756,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67943,
    "c": 0.11593,
    "h": 73.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38C3D

secondary

#90A9CC

accent

#87DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38C3D

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

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