#C38D52#C38D52

#C38D52 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.100 H 67.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38D52
RGB	rgb(195, 141, 82)
HSL	hsl(31, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(31, 58%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 57.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, 14.03, 39.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 41.63, 70.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.39% 0.0389 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(68.39% 0.1 67.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.5555, 31.2635, 12.2481)
Luminance	0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38D52 #5288C3

analogous

#C35552 #C38D52 #C1C352

triadic

#C38D52 #52C38D #8D52C3

tetradic

#C38D52 #52C355 #5288C3 #C352C1

square

#C38D52 #52C355 #5288C3 #C352C1

split-complementary

#C38D52 #52C1C3 #5552C3

monochromatic

#734F28 #A06E38 #C38D52 #D3AB7F #E3C9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#C38D52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#C38D52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38D52

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38D52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38D52	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F904D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3807F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38d52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 141, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.100 67.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ae84',
    500: '#c38d52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38d52;
$custom-light: #d8ae84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38d52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.327,
    "s": 48.498,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68389,
    "c": 0.10045,
    "h": 67.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38D52

secondary

#A0B7D0

accent

#91D850

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38D52

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

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