#C38D28#C38D28

#C38D28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.128 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38D28
RGB	rgb(195, 141, 40)
HSL	hsl(39, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 79%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 79.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.34, 11.64, 57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.34, 59.10, 78.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.97% 0.0263 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(67.97% 0.128 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4159, 30.8077, 6.2463)
Luminance	0.3080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38D28 #285EC3

analogous

#C34028 #C38D28 #ABC328

triadic

#C38D28 #28C38D #8D28C3

tetradic

#C38D28 #28C340 #285EC3 #C328AB

square

#C38D28 #28C340 #285EC3 #C328AB

split-complementary

#C38D28 #28ABC3 #4028C3

monochromatic

#5D4413 #90681E #C38D28 #DBA94E #E5C280

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#C38D28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.16

#C38D28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38D28

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38D28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38D28	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)

#A28F15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 141, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.128 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae6a',
    500: '#c38d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38d28;
$custom-light: #daae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.097,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67966,
    "c": 0.12839,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38D28

secondary

#7997CE

accent

#7AE93F

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38D28

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

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