#C38E30#C38E30

#C38E30 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.124 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38E30
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 48)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 75.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.65, 11.41, 55.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.65, 56.31, 78.31°)
OKLab	oklab(68.22% 0.0266 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(68.22% 0.124 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7144, 31.1641, 7.0880)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38E30 #3065C3

analogous

#C34430 #C38E30 #AFC330

triadic

#C38E30 #30C38E #8E30C3

tetradic

#C38E30 #30C344 #3065C3 #C330AF

square

#C38E30 #30C344 #3065C3 #C330AF

split-complementary

#C38E30 #30AFC3 #4430C3

monochromatic

#614618 #926A24 #C38E30 #D6A95A #E2C38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#C38E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#C38E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38E30

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38E30	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	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)

#A29022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.124 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae6f',
    500: '#c38e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38e30;
$custom-light: #daae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.367,
    "s": 60.494,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68217,
    "c": 0.12432,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38E30

secondary

#829DCC

accent

#7EE444

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38E30

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

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