#C38E3D#C38E3D

#C38E3D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.116 H 74.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38E3D
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 61)
HSL	hsl(36, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 68.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.75, 12.07, 49.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.75, 51.03, 76.32°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% 0.0302 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.116 74.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0231, 31.2876, 8.7138)
Luminance	0.3129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38E3D #3D72C3

analogous

#C34B3D #C38E3D #B5C33D

triadic

#C38E3D #3DC38E #8E3DC3

tetradic

#C38E3D #3DC34B #3D72C3 #C33DB5

square

#C38E3D #3DC34B #3D72C3 #C33DB5

split-complementary

#C38E3D #3DB5C3 #4B3DC3

monochromatic

#664A20 #956C2E #C38E3D #D1A96C #E0C49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#C38E3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#C38E3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38E3D

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38E3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38E3D	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38e3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.116 74.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9af76',
    500: '#c38e3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38e3d;
$custom-light: #d9af76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38e3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.269,
    "s": 52.756,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68332,
    "c": 0.11615,
    "h": 74.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38E3D

secondary

#90A8CC

accent

#85DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38E3D

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

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