#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
RGBrgb(195, 141, 40)
HSLhsl(39, 66%, 46%)
HSVhsv(39, 79%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 27.7%, 79.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(62.34, 11.64, 57.94)
CIE-LCHlch(62.34, 59.10, 78.64°)
OKLaboklab(67.97% 0.0263 0.1257)
OKLCHoklch(67.97% 0.128 78.2)
XYZxyz(32.4159, 30.8077, 6.2463)
Luminance0.3080 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##C38D281.002.937.167.16
#FFFFFF2.931.0021.0021.00
#0000007.1621.001.001.00
##0000007.1621.001.001.00

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

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#C38D28 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva