#C38D41#C38D41

#C38D41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.113 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38D41
RGB	rgb(195, 141, 65)
HSL	hsl(35, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 66.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.54, 12.85, 47.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.54, 49.19, 74.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% 0.033 0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.113 73)
XYZ	xyz(32.9868, 31.0361, 9.2532)
Luminance	0.3103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38D41 #4177C3

analogous

#C34C41 #C38D41 #B8C341

triadic

#C38D41 #41C38D #8D41C3

tetradic

#C38D41 #41C34C #4177C3 #C341B8

square

#C38D41 #41C34C #4177C3 #C341B8

split-complementary

#C38D41 #41B8C3 #4C41C3

monochromatic

#694B21 #976C30 #C38D41 #D2A970 #E0C59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C38D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#C38D41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38D41

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38D41	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 141, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.113 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ae79',
    500: '#c38d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38d41;
$custom-light: #d9ae79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.077,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68178,
    "c": 0.11325,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.31034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38D41

secondary

#93ABCD

accent

#88DB4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38D41

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

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