#C38E34#C38E34

#C38E34 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.122 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38E34
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 52)
HSL	hsl(38, 58%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 73.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.67, 11.60, 53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.67, 54.75, 77.77°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% 0.0276 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.122 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8007, 31.1986, 7.5425)
Luminance	0.3120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38E34 #3469C3

analogous

#C34634 #C38E34 #B0C334

triadic

#C38E34 #34C38E #8E34C3

tetradic

#C38E34 #34C346 #3469C3 #C334B0

square

#C38E34 #34C346 #3469C3 #C334B0

split-complementary

#C38E34 #34B0C3 #4634C3

monochromatic

#62481A #936B27 #C38E34 #D5A960 #E1C390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#C38E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#C38E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38E34

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38E34	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)

#A29028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.122 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae71',
    500: '#c38e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38e34;
$custom-light: #daae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.762,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68249,
    "c": 0.12196,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38E34

secondary

#87A0CC

accent

#80E147

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38E34

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

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