#C38D38#C38D38

#C38D38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.119 H 75.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38D38
RGB	rgb(195, 141, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.46, 12.34, 51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.46, 53.00, 76.53°)
OKLab	oklab(68.09% 0.0303 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(68.09% 0.119 75.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7466, 30.9400, 7.9879)
Luminance	0.3094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38D38 #386EC3

analogous

#C34838 #C38D38 #B3C338

triadic

#C38D38 #38C38D #8D38C3

tetradic

#C38D38 #38C348 #386EC3 #C338B3

square

#C38D38 #38C348 #386EC3 #C338B3

split-complementary

#C38D38 #38B3C3 #4838C3

monochromatic

#64481D #936B2A #C38D38 #D3A865 #E1C395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#C38D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#C38D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38D38

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38D38	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 141, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.119 75.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae73',
    500: '#c38d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38d38;
$custom-light: #daae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.691,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68089,
    "c": 0.11932,
    "h": 75.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38D38

secondary

#8BA4CC

accent

#83DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38D38

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

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