#C38E33#C38E33

#C38E33 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.123 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38E33
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 51)
HSL	hsl(38, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 74%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 73.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.67, 11.55, 53.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.67, 55.15, 77.91°)
OKLab	oklab(68.24% 0.0273 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(68.24% 0.123 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.7784, 31.1897, 7.4252)
Luminance	0.3119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38E33 #3368C3

analogous

#C34633 #C38E33 #B0C333

triadic

#C38E33 #33C38E #8E33C3

tetradic

#C38E33 #33C346 #3368C3 #C333B0

square

#C38E33 #33C346 #3368C3 #C333B0

split-complementary

#C38E33 #33B0C3 #4633C3

monochromatic

#62471A #926B26 #C38E33 #D5A95E #E2C38F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#C38E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#C38E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38E33

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38E33	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)

#A29026

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.123 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae70',
    500: '#c38e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38e33;
$custom-light: #daae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.917,
    "s": 58.537,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68241,
    "c": 0.12257,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38E33

secondary

#86A0CC

accent

#7FE246

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38E33

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →