#C38C3E#C38C3E

#C38C3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.307; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.115 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38C3E
RGB	rgb(195, 140, 62)
HSL	hsl(35, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(35, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 68.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.26, 13.22, 48.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.26, 50.36, 74.78°)
OKLab	oklab(67.95% 0.0337 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(67.95% 0.115 73)
XYZ	xyz(32.7554, 30.7087, 8.7587)
Luminance	0.3071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38C3E #3E75C3

analogous

#C3493E #C38C3E #B7C33E

triadic

#C38C3E #3EC38C #8C3EC3

tetradic

#C38C3E #3EC349 #3E75C3 #C33EB7

square

#C38C3E #3EC349 #3E75C3 #C33EB7

split-complementary

#C38C3E #3EB7C3 #493EC3

monochromatic

#674920 #956B2E #C38C3E #D2A86D #E0C49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#C38C3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.14

#C38C3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38C3E

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38C3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38C3E	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)

#A08F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38c3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 140, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.115 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ad77',
    500: '#c38c3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38c3e;
$custom-light: #d9ad77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38c3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.188,
    "s": 52.569,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67953,
    "c": 0.11526,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.30706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38C3E

secondary

#91A9CC

accent

#87DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38C3E

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

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