#C38D36#C38D36

#C38D36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.121 H 75.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38D36
RGB	rgb(195, 141, 54)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.44, 12.24, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.44, 53.82, 76.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.07% 0.0297 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(68.07% 0.121 75.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.6986, 30.9208, 7.7355)
Luminance	0.3092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38D36 #366CC3

analogous

#C34636 #C38D36 #B3C336

triadic

#C38D36 #36C38D #8D36C3

tetradic

#C38D36 #36C346 #366CC3 #C336B3

square

#C38D36 #36C346 #366CC3 #C336B3

split-complementary

#C38D36 #36B3C3 #4636C3

monochromatic

#63481B #936A29 #C38D36 #D4A863 #E1C392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#C38D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#C38D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38D36

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38D36	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 141, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.121 75.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae72',
    500: '#c38d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38d36;
$custom-light: #daae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.021,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68071,
    "c": 0.12058,
    "h": 75.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.30918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38D36

secondary

#89A3CC

accent

#82E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38D36

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

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