#C38D43#C38D43

#C38D43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.112 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38D43
RGB	rgb(195, 141, 67)
HSL	hsl(35, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 65.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.56, 12.97, 46.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.56, 48.32, 74.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.2% 0.0337 0.1066)
OKLCH	oklch(68.2% 0.112 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.0458, 31.0597, 9.5638)
Luminance	0.3106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38D43 #4379C3

analogous

#C34D43 #C38D43 #B9C343

triadic

#C38D43 #43C38D #8D43C3

tetradic

#C38D43 #43C34D #4379C3 #C343B9

square

#C38D43 #43C34D #4379C3 #C343B9

split-complementary

#C38D43 #43B9C3 #4D43C3

monochromatic

#6A4B22 #986C31 #C38D43 #D2A971 #E1C5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C38D43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#C38D43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38D43

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38D43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38D43	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)

#A0903B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D37F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38d43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 141, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.112 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ae7a',
    500: '#c38d43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38d43;
$custom-light: #d9ae7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38d43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.688,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.682,
    "c": 0.11182,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38D43

secondary

#95ACCD

accent

#89DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38D43

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

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