#C38E2A#C38E2A

#C38E2A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.128 H 78.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38E2A
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 42)
HSL	hsl(39, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(39, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 78.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.61, 11.17, 57.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.61, 58.52, 79.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.18% 0.0251 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(68.18% 0.128 78.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.5989, 31.1179, 6.4795)
Luminance	0.3111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38E2A #2A5FC3

analogous

#C3422A #C38E2A #ACC32A

triadic

#C38E2A #2AC38E #8E2AC3

tetradic

#C38E2A #2AC342 #2A5FC3 #C32AAC

square

#C38E2A #2AC342 #2A5FC3 #C32AAC

split-complementary

#C38E2A #2AACC3 #422AC3

monochromatic

#5E4514 #91691F #C38E2A #D9AA51 #E4C383

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C38E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.22

#C38E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38E2A

7.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38E2A	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)

#A29018

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.128 78.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae6b',
    500: '#c38e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38e2a;
$custom-light: #daae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.216,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68175,
    "c": 0.12756,
    "h": 78.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38E2A

secondary

#7B98CD

accent

#7AE840

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38E2A

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

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