#C38D56#C38D56

#C38D56 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.097 H 65.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38D56
RGB	rgb(195, 141, 86)
HSL	hsl(30, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(30, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.7%, 55.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.78, 14.35, 37.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.78, 39.84, 68.88°)
OKLab	oklab(68.45% 0.0404 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(68.45% 0.097 65.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.7121, 31.3262, 13.0733)
Luminance	0.3132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38D56 #568CC3

analogous

#C35656 #C38D56 #C3C356

triadic

#C38D56 #56C38D #8D56C3

tetradic

#C38D56 #56C356 #568CC3 #C356C3

square

#C38D56 #56C356 #568CC3 #C356C3

split-complementary

#C38D56 #56C3C3 #5656C3

monochromatic

#75502A #A26E3A #C38D56 #D3AB83 #E3CAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#C38D56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#C38D56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38D56

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38D56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38D56	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)

#9F9151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9D57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D38180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38d56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 141, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.097 65.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ae87',
    500: '#c38d56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38d56;
$custom-light: #d8ae87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38d56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.275,
    "s": 47.598,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68447,
    "c": 0.09729,
    "h": 65.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38D56

secondary

#A4BAD1

accent

#93D751

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38D56

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

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