#C38E37#C38E37

#C38E37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.120 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38E37
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 55)
HSL	hsl(37, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.70, 11.74, 52.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.70, 53.54, 77.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% 0.0284 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.12 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.8705, 31.2265, 7.9098)
Luminance	0.3122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38E37 #376CC3

analogous

#C34837 #C38E37 #B2C337

triadic

#C38E37 #37C38E #8E37C3

tetradic

#C38E37 #37C348 #376CC3 #C337B2

square

#C38E37 #37C348 #376CC3 #C337B2

split-complementary

#C38E37 #37B2C3 #4837C3

monochromatic

#64481C #936B2A #C38E37 #D3A964 #E1C494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#C38E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#C38E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38E37

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38E37	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)

#A2902C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.120 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae73',
    500: '#c38e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38e37;
$custom-light: #daae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.286,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68275,
    "c": 0.1201,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38E37

secondary

#8AA3CC

accent

#82DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38E37

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

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