#C38E29#C38E29

#C38E29 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.128 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38E29
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 41)
HSL	hsl(39, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 79%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 79%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.60, 11.13, 57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.60, 58.87, 79.10°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% 0.0249 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.128 78.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5812, 31.1108, 6.3864)
Luminance	0.3111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38E29 #295EC3

analogous

#C34129 #C38E29 #ABC329

triadic

#C38E29 #29C38E #8E29C3

tetradic

#C38E29 #29C341 #295EC3 #C329AB

square

#C38E29 #29C341 #295EC3 #C329AB

split-complementary

#C38E29 #29ABC3 #4129C3

monochromatic

#5E4414 #90691E #C38E29 #DAAA4F #E5C382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C38E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#C38E29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38E29

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38E29	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)

#A29016

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.128 78.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae6b',
    500: '#c38e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38e29;
$custom-light: #daae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.351,
    "s": 65.254,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68168,
    "c": 0.12807,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38E29

secondary

#7A97CE

accent

#7AE840

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38E29

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

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