#C38E32#C38E32

#C38E32 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.123 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38E32
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 50)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 74.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.66, 11.50, 54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.66, 55.54, 78.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.23% 0.0271 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(68.23% 0.123 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.7566, 31.1810, 7.3103)
Luminance	0.3118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38E32 #3267C3

analogous

#C34532 #C38E32 #AFC332

triadic

#C38E32 #32C38E #8E32C3

tetradic

#C38E32 #32C345 #3267C3 #C332AF

square

#C38E32 #32C345 #3267C3 #C332AF

split-complementary

#C38E32 #32AFC3 #4532C3

monochromatic

#624719 #926B26 #C38E32 #D5A95D #E2C38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#C38E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#C38E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38E32

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38E32	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.123 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae70',
    500: '#c38e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38e32;
$custom-light: #daae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.069,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68233,
    "c": 0.12316,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38E32

secondary

#859FCC

accent

#7FE245

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38E32

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

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