#C38E1F#C38E1F

#C38E1F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.133 H 80.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38E1F
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 31)
HSL	hsl(41, 73%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(41, 84%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 84.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.55, 10.80, 61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.55, 62.08, 79.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% 0.023 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.133 80)
XYZ	xyz(32.4283, 31.0497, 5.5813)
Luminance	0.3105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38E1F #1F54C3

analogous

#C33C1F #C38E1F #A6C31F

triadic

#C38E1F #1FC38E #8E1FC3

tetradic

#C38E1F #1FC33C #1F54C3 #C31FA6

square

#C38E1F #1FC33C #1F54C3 #C31FA6

split-complementary

#C38E1F #1FA6C3 #3C1FC3

monochromatic

#59410E #8E6817 #C38E1F #E0AC3F #E9C374

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C38E1F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#C38E1F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38E1F

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38E1F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38E1F	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)

#A38F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38e1f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.133 80.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbae66',
    500: '#c38e1f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38e1f;
$custom-light: #dbae66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38e1f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.61,
    "s": 72.566,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68111,
    "c": 0.13253,
    "h": 80
  },
  "luminance": 0.31047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38E1F

secondary

#6E8ED0

accent

#74EF39

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161006

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38E1F

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

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