#C38C49#C38C49

#C38C49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.107 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38C49
RGB	rgb(195, 140, 73)
HSL	hsl(33, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(33, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 62.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, 13.92, 43.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 45.55, 72.21°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% 0.0373 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.107 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0884, 30.8419, 10.5124)
Luminance	0.3084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38C49 #4980C3

analogous

#C34F49 #C38C49 #BDC349

triadic

#C38C49 #49C38C #8C49C3

tetradic

#C38C49 #49C34F #4980C3 #C349BD

square

#C38C49 #49C34F #4980C3 #C349BD

split-complementary

#C38C49 #49BDC3 #4F49C3

monochromatic

#6E4C24 #9C6D33 #C38C49 #D2A977 #E1C6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#C38C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#C38C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38C49

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38C49	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8F43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9C4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D37F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 140, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.107 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ad7e',
    500: '#c38c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38c49;
$custom-light: #d9ad7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.951,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68077,
    "c": 0.10736,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38C49

secondary

#99B1CE

accent

#8DDA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38C49

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

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