#C38D53#C38D53

#C38D53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.100 H 66.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38D53
RGB	rgb(195, 141, 83)
HSL	hsl(31, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(31, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 57.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.74, 14.11, 38.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.74, 41.18, 69.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% 0.0393 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.1 66.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5938, 31.2789, 12.4500)
Luminance	0.3128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38D53 #5389C3

analogous

#C35553 #C38D53 #C1C353

triadic

#C38D53 #53C38D #8D53C3

tetradic

#C38D53 #53C355 #5389C3 #C353C1

square

#C38D53 #53C355 #5389C3 #C353C1

split-complementary

#C38D53 #53C1C3 #5553C3

monochromatic

#734F28 #A16E38 #C38D53 #D3AB80 #E3C9AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#C38D53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#C38D53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38D53

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38D53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38D53	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F904E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38d53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 141, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.100 66.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ae85',
    500: '#c38d53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38d53;
$custom-light: #d8ae85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38d53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.071,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68404,
    "c": 0.09966,
    "h": 66.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38D53

secondary

#A1B8D1

accent

#91D850

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38D53

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

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