#C38D44#C38D44

#C38D44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.111 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38D44
RGB	rgb(195, 141, 68)
HSL	hsl(34, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 65.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.57, 13.04, 46.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.57, 47.88, 74.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.21% 0.034 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(68.21% 0.111 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.0760, 31.0718, 9.7231)
Luminance	0.3107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38D44 #447AC3

analogous

#C34E44 #C38D44 #BAC344

triadic

#C38D44 #44C38D #8D44C3

tetradic

#C38D44 #44C34E #447AC3 #C344BA

square

#C38D44 #44C34E #447AC3 #C344BA

split-complementary

#C38D44 #44BAC3 #4E44C3

monochromatic

#6A4C22 #996D31 #C38D44 #D2A972 #E1C5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C38D44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#C38D44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38D44

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38D44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38D44	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)

#A0903C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D37F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38d44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 141, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.111 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ae7b',
    500: '#c38d44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38d44;
$custom-light: #d9ae7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38d44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.488,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68212,
    "c": 0.1111,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38D44

secondary

#95ADCD

accent

#89DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38D44

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

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