#C38D3E#C38D3E

#C38D3E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.115 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38D3E
RGB	rgb(195, 141, 62)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 68.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.51, 12.67, 48.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.51, 50.48, 75.46°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% 0.0321 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.115 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9022, 31.0022, 8.8076)
Luminance	0.3100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38D3E #3E74C3

analogous

#C34A3E #C38D3E #B6C33E

triadic

#C38D3E #3EC38D #8D3EC3

tetradic

#C38D3E #3EC34A #3E74C3 #C33EB6

square

#C38D3E #3EC34A #3E74C3 #C33EB6

split-complementary

#C38D3E #3EB6C3 #4A3EC3

monochromatic

#674A20 #956C2E #C38D3E #D2A96D #E0C49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#C38D3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#C38D3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38D3E

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38D3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38D3E	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)

#A08F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38d3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 141, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.115 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ae77',
    500: '#c38d3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38d3e;
$custom-light: #d9ae77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38d3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.639,
    "s": 52.569,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68147,
    "c": 0.11534,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38D3E

secondary

#91A9CC

accent

#86DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38D3E

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

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