#C38D45#C38D45

#C38D45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.110 H 71.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38D45
RGB	rgb(195, 141, 69)
HSL	hsl(34, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(34, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 64.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.58, 13.10, 45.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.58, 47.44, 73.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% 0.0343 0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.11 71.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1068, 31.0841, 9.8852)
Luminance	0.3108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38D45 #457BC3

analogous

#C34E45 #C38D45 #BAC345

triadic

#C38D45 #45C38D #8D45C3

tetradic

#C38D45 #45C34E #457BC3 #C345BA

square

#C38D45 #45C34E #457BC3 #C345BA

split-complementary

#C38D45 #45BAC3 #4E45C3

monochromatic

#6B4C23 #996D31 #C38D45 #D2A973 #E1C6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C38D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#C38D45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38D45

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38D45	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0903E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D37F7D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 141, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.110 71.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ae7b',
    500: '#c38d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38d45;
$custom-light: #d9ae7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68223,
    "c": 0.11037,
    "h": 71.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38D45

secondary

#96AECE

accent

#8ADB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38D45

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

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