#C38D42#C38D42

#C38D42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.113 H 72.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38D42
RGB	rgb(195, 141, 66)
HSL	hsl(35, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.55, 12.91, 47.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.55, 48.75, 74.64°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% 0.0334 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.113 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.0160, 31.0478, 9.4071)
Luminance	0.3105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38D42 #4278C3

analogous

#C34C42 #C38D42 #B8C342

triadic

#C38D42 #42C38D #8D42C3

tetradic

#C38D42 #42C34C #4278C3 #C342B8

square

#C38D42 #42C34C #4278C3 #C342B8

split-complementary

#C38D42 #42B8C3 #4C42C3

monochromatic

#694B21 #986C30 #C38D42 #D2A970 #E0C59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C38D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#C38D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38D42

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38D42	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)

#A0903A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 141, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.113 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ae79',
    500: '#c38d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38d42;
$custom-light: #d9ae79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.884,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68189,
    "c": 0.11254,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38D42

secondary

#94ACCD

accent

#88DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38D42

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

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