#C38D24#C38D24

#C38D24 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.130 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38D24
RGB	rgb(195, 141, 36)
HSL	hsl(40, 69%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 82%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 81.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.32, 11.50, 59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.32, 60.44, 79.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% 0.0255 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.13 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3513, 30.7819, 5.9064)
Luminance	0.3078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38D24 #245AC3

analogous

#C33E24 #C38D24 #A9C324

triadic

#C38D24 #24C38D #8D24C3

tetradic

#C38D24 #24C33E #245AC3 #C324A9

square

#C38D24 #24C33E #245AC3 #C324A9

split-complementary

#C38D24 #24A9C3 #3E24C3

monochromatic

#5C4211 #8F681A #C38D24 #DDAA47 #E7C27B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#C38D24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#C38D24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38D24

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38D24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38D24	1.00	2.93	7.16	7.16
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38d24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 141, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.130 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae68',
    500: '#c38d24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38d24;
$custom-light: #daae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38d24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.623,
    "s": 68.831,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67942,
    "c": 0.13026,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38D24

secondary

#7493CE

accent

#78EC3C

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38D24

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

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