#C38D31#C38D31

#C38D31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.124 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38D31
RGB	rgb(195, 141, 49)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 74.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.40, 12.01, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.40, 55.80, 77.58°)
OKLab	oklab(68.03% 0.0284 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(68.03% 0.124 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.5872, 30.8762, 7.1486)
Luminance	0.3087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38D31 #3167C3

analogous

#C34431 #C38D31 #B0C331

triadic

#C38D31 #31C38D #8D31C3

tetradic

#C38D31 #31C344 #3167C3 #C331B0

square

#C38D31 #31C344 #3167C3 #C331B0

split-complementary

#C38D31 #31B0C3 #4431C3

monochromatic

#614618 #926A25 #C38D31 #D6A95B #E2C28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#C38D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#C38D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38D31

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38D31	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 141, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.124 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae6f',
    500: '#c38d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38d31;
$custom-light: #daae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.808,
    "s": 59.836,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6803,
    "c": 0.12359,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38D31

secondary

#839ECC

accent

#7FE345

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38D31

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

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