#C38E38#C38E38

#C38E38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.119 H 76.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38E38
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 56)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, 11.80, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 53.13, 77.17°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% 0.0287 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.119 76.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.8947, 31.2362, 8.0373)
Luminance	0.3123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38E38 #386DC3

analogous

#C34938 #C38E38 #B3C338

triadic

#C38E38 #38C38E #8E38C3

tetradic

#C38E38 #38C349 #386DC3 #C338B3

square

#C38E38 #38C349 #386DC3 #C338B3

split-complementary

#C38E38 #38B3C3 #4938C3

monochromatic

#64491D #936B2A #C38E38 #D3A965 #E1C495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#C38E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#C38E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38E38

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38E38	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2902D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.119 76.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae73',
    500: '#c38e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38e38;
$custom-light: #daae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.122,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68284,
    "c": 0.11946,
    "h": 76.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38E38

secondary

#8BA4CC

accent

#82DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38E38

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

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