#C38D3C#C38D3C

#C38D3C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.117 H 74.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38D3C
RGB	rgb(195, 141, 60)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 69.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.49, 12.56, 49.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.49, 51.33, 75.84°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% 0.0315 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.117 74.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.8483, 30.9807, 8.5239)
Luminance	0.3098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38D3C #3C72C3

analogous

#C34A3C #C38D3C #B5C33C

triadic

#C38D3C #3CC38D #8D3CC3

tetradic

#C38D3C #3CC34A #3C72C3 #C33CB5

square

#C38D3C #3CC34A #3C72C3 #C33CB5

split-complementary

#C38D3C #3CB5C3 #4A3CC3

monochromatic

#65491F #946B2E #C38D3C #D1A86B #E0C49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#C38D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#C38D3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38D3C

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38D3C	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 141, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.117 74.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ae76',
    500: '#c38d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38d3c;
$custom-light: #d9ae76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68127,
    "c": 0.11671,
    "h": 74.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38D3C

secondary

#8FA7CC

accent

#85DC4B

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38D3C

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

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