#C38D1F#C38D1F

#C38D1F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.132 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38D1F
RGB	rgb(195, 141, 31)
HSL	hsl(40, 73%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(40, 84%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 84.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.30, 11.35, 60.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.30, 61.97, 79.44°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% 0.0245 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.132 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.2802, 30.7535, 5.5320)
Luminance	0.3075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38D1F #1F55C3

analogous

#C33B1F #C38D1F #A7C31F

triadic

#C38D1F #1FC38D #8D1FC3

tetradic

#C38D1F #1FC33B #1F55C3 #C31FA7

square

#C38D1F #1FC33B #1F55C3 #C31FA7

split-complementary

#C38D1F #1FA7C3 #3B1FC3

monochromatic

#59410E #8E6717 #C38D1F #E0AB3F #E9C274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#C38D1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#C38D1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38D1F

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38D1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38D1F	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9C25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38d1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 141, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.132 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbae66',
    500: '#c38d1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38d1f;
$custom-light: #dbae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38d1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.244,
    "s": 72.566,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67915,
    "c": 0.13235,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38D1F

secondary

#6E8ED0

accent

#75EF39

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161006

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38D1F

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

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