#C38D3B#C38D3B

#C38D3B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.117 H 74.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38D3B
RGB	rgb(195, 141, 59)
HSL	hsl(36, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 69.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.48, 12.50, 50.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.48, 51.75, 76.02°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% 0.0312 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.117 74.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8221, 30.9702, 8.3860)
Luminance	0.3097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38D3B #3B71C3

analogous

#C3493B #C38D3B #B5C33B

triadic

#C38D3B #3BC38D #8D3BC3

tetradic

#C38D3B #3BC349 #3B71C3 #C33BB5

square

#C38D3B #3BC349 #3B71C3 #C33BB5

split-complementary

#C38D3B #3BB5C3 #493BC3

monochromatic

#65491F #946B2D #C38D3B #D2A869 #E0C498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#C38D3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#C38D3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38D3B

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38D3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38D3B	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)

#A18F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38d3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 141, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.117 74.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ae75',
    500: '#c38d3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38d3b;
$custom-light: #d9ae75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38d3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.176,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68117,
    "c": 0.11737,
    "h": 74.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.30968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38D3B

secondary

#8EA7CC

accent

#85DD4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38D3B

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

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