#C38E39#C38E39

#C38E39 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.119 H 75.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38E39
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 57)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(37, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 70.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, 11.85, 51.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 52.72, 77.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% 0.029 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.119 75.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.9194, 31.2461, 8.1674)
Luminance	0.3124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38E39 #396EC3

analogous

#C34939 #C38E39 #B3C339

triadic

#C38E39 #39C38E #8E39C3

tetradic

#C38E39 #39C349 #396EC3 #C339B3

square

#C38E39 #39C349 #396EC3 #C339B3

split-complementary

#C38E39 #39B3C3 #4939C3

monochromatic

#64491D #946C2B #C38E39 #D2A967 #E0C496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#C38E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#C38E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38E39

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38E39	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)

#A2902F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4807C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.119 75.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae74',
    500: '#c38e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38e39;
$custom-light: #daae74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.957,
    "s": 54.762,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68293,
    "c": 0.11881,
    "h": 75.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38E39

secondary

#8CA5CC

accent

#83DE4A

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38E39

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

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