#C38C4E#C38C4E

#C38C4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.104 H 67.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C38C4E
RGBrgb(195, 140, 78)
HSLhsl(32, 49%, 54%)
HSVhsv(32, 60%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 28.2%, 60%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(62.43, 14.27, 40.91)
CIE-LCHlch(62.43, 43.33, 70.76°)
OKLaboklab(68.14% 0.0391 0.0959)
OKLCHoklch(68.14% 0.104 67.8)
XYZxyz(33.2609, 30.9109, 11.4208)
Luminance0.3091 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C38C4E #4E85C3
analogous
#C3514E #C38C4E #BFC34E
triadic
#C38C4E #4EC38C #8C4EC3
tetradic
#C38C4E #4EC351 #4E85C3 #C34EBF
square
#C38C4E #4EC351 #4E85C3 #C34EBF
split-complementary
#C38C4E #4EBFC3 #514EC3
monochromatic
#704E26 #9E6D36 #C38C4E #D2AA7C #E2C7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92
#C38C4E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18
#C38C4E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38C4E
7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C38C4E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C38C4E1.002.927.187.18
#FFFFFF2.921.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1821.001.001.00
##0000007.1821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9E8F48
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AB9C4F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D37F7E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c38c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 140, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.104 67.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ad81',
    500: '#c38c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c38c4e;
$custom-light: #d9ad81;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c38c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.795,
    "s": 49.367,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68142,
    "c": 0.10357,
    "h": 67.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C38C4E
secondary
#9DB5CF
accent
#90D94F
background
#FDFAF8
surface
#FBF4EF
border
#D4CECA
text
#15100A
muted
#837F7C

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#C38C4E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva