#C38D40#C38D40

#C38D40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.114 H 73.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38D40
RGB	rgb(195, 141, 64)
HSL	hsl(35, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.53, 12.79, 47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.53, 49.62, 75.06°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% 0.0327 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.114 73.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9581, 31.0246, 9.1020)
Luminance	0.3102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38D40 #4076C3

analogous

#C34B40 #C38D40 #B7C340

triadic

#C38D40 #40C38D #8D40C3

tetradic

#C38D40 #40C34B #4076C3 #C340B7

square

#C38D40 #40C34B #4076C3 #C340B7

split-complementary

#C38D40 #40B7C3 #4B40C3

monochromatic

#684B21 #976C2F #C38D40 #D2A96F #E0C59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C38D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#C38D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38D40

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38D40	1.00	2.91	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.91	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)

#A09038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 141, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.114 73.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ae78',
    500: '#c38d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38d40;
$custom-light: #d9ae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.267,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68168,
    "c": 0.11396,
    "h": 73.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38D40

secondary

#92AACC

accent

#87DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38D40

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

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