#C38E36#C38E36

#C38E36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.121 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38E36
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 54)
HSL	hsl(37, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.69, 11.69, 52.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.69, 53.95, 77.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% 0.0281 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.121 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.8467, 31.2170, 7.7848)
Luminance	0.3121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38E36 #366BC3

analogous

#C34836 #C38E36 #B2C336

triadic

#C38E36 #36C38E #8E36C3

tetradic

#C38E36 #36C348 #366BC3 #C336B2

square

#C38E36 #36C348 #366BC3 #C336B2

split-complementary

#C38E36 #36B2C3 #4836C3

monochromatic

#63481B #936B29 #C38E36 #D4A963 #E1C392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#C38E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#C38E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38E36

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38E36	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)

#A2902B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.121 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae72',
    500: '#c38e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38e36;
$custom-light: #daae72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.447,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68266,
    "c": 0.12073,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38E36

secondary

#89A2CC

accent

#81E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38E36

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

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