#C38D26#C38D26

#C38D26 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.129 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38D26
RGB	rgb(195, 141, 38)
HSL	hsl(39, 67%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 81%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 80.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.33, 11.57, 58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.33, 59.78, 78.84°)
OKLab	oklab(67.95% 0.0259 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(67.95% 0.129 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3827, 30.7945, 6.0718)
Luminance	0.3079 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38D26 #265CC3

analogous

#C33E26 #C38D26 #AAC326

triadic

#C38D26 #26C38D #8D26C3

tetradic

#C38D26 #26C33E #265CC3 #C326AA

square

#C38D26 #26C33E #265CC3 #C326AA

split-complementary

#C38D26 #26AAC3 #3E26C3

monochromatic

#5D4312 #90681C #C38D26 #DCAA4A #E6C27E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#C38D26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#C38D26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38D26

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38D26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38D26	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)

#A28F11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38d26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 141, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.129 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae69',
    500: '#c38d26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38d26;
$custom-light: #daae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38d26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.363,
    "s": 67.382,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67953,
    "c": 0.12934,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38D26

secondary

#7795CE

accent

#79EA3E

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38D26

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

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