#C38E20#C38E20

#C38E20 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.132 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38E20
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 32)
HSL	hsl(40, 72%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 84%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 83.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.55, 10.83, 60.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.55, 61.79, 79.90°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% 0.0231 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.132 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.4417, 31.0550, 5.6518)
Luminance	0.3105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38E20 #2055C3

analogous

#C33D20 #C38E20 #A7C320

triadic

#C38E20 #20C38E #8E20C3

tetradic

#C38E20 #20C33D #2055C3 #C320A7

square

#C38E20 #20C33D #2055C3 #C320A7

split-complementary

#C38E20 #20A7C3 #3D20C3

monochromatic

#5A410F #8E6817 #C38E20 #E0AC40 #E8C375

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C38E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#C38E20 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38E20

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38E20	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)

#AF9D26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.132 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbae67',
    500: '#c38e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38e20;
$custom-light: #dbae67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.491,
    "s": 71.806,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68116,
    "c": 0.13214,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38E20

secondary

#6F8FCF

accent

#74EF39

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161006

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38E20

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

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