#C38E2C#C38E2C

#C38E2C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.127 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38E2C
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 44)
HSL	hsl(39, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(39, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 77.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.62, 11.25, 56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.62, 57.80, 78.78°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% 0.0256 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.127 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.6356, 31.1326, 6.6727)
Luminance	0.3113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38E2C #2C61C3

analogous

#C3422C #C38E2C #ADC32C

triadic

#C38E2C #2CC38E #8E2CC3

tetradic

#C38E2C #2CC342 #2C61C3 #C32CAD

square

#C38E2C #2CC342 #2C61C3 #C32CAD

split-complementary

#C38E2C #2CADC3 #422CC3

monochromatic

#5F4515 #916A21 #C38E2C #D8AA54 #E4C386

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C38E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#C38E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38E2C

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38E2C	1.00	2.91	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2901C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.127 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae6c',
    500: '#c38e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38e2c;
$custom-light: #daae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.94,
    "s": 63.18,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68188,
    "c": 0.12652,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38E2C

secondary

#7E9ACD

accent

#7BE642

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38E2C

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

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