#C38E28#C38E28

#C38E28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.129 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38E28
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 40)
HSL	hsl(39, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 79%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 79.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, 11.09, 58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 59.22, 79.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% 0.0247 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.129 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5640, 31.1039, 6.2957)
Luminance	0.3110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38E28 #285DC3

analogous

#C34128 #C38E28 #AAC328

triadic

#C38E28 #28C38E #8E28C3

tetradic

#C38E28 #28C341 #285DC3 #C328AA

square

#C38E28 #28C341 #285DC3 #C328AA

split-complementary

#C38E28 #28AAC3 #4128C3

monochromatic

#5D4413 #90691E #C38E28 #DBAA4E #E5C380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C38E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#C38E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38E28

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38E28	1.00	2.91	7.22	7.22
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29014

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.129 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae6a',
    500: '#c38e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38e28;
$custom-light: #daae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.484,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68162,
    "c": 0.12856,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38E28

secondary

#7996CE

accent

#79E93F

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38E28

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

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