#C38C50#C38C50

#C38C50 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.102 H 67.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38C50
RGB	rgb(195, 140, 80)
HSL	hsl(31, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(31, 59%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.2%, 59%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.46, 14.43, 39.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.46, 42.43, 70.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% 0.0398 0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.102 67)
XYZ	xyz(33.3337, 30.9400, 11.8042)
Luminance	0.3094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38C50 #5087C3

analogous

#C35350 #C38C50 #C1C350

triadic

#C38C50 #50C38C #8C50C3

tetradic

#C38C50 #50C353 #5087C3 #C350C1

square

#C38C50 #50C353 #5087C3 #C350C1

split-complementary

#C38C50 #50C1C3 #5350C3

monochromatic

#724E27 #9F6D37 #C38C50 #D3AA7E #E2C8AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#C38C50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#C38C50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38C50

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38C50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38C50	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8F4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D37F7E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38c50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 140, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.102 67.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ad82',
    500: '#c38c50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38c50;
$custom-light: #d8ad82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38c50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.304,
    "s": 48.936,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68169,
    "c": 0.10204,
    "h": 67
  },
  "luminance": 0.30937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38C50

secondary

#9FB6D0

accent

#91D84F

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38C50

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

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