#C38E40#C38E40

#C38E40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.114 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38E40
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.78, 12.24, 48.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.78, 49.75, 75.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% 0.0311 0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.114 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.1062, 31.3208, 9.1514)
Luminance	0.3132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38E40 #4075C3

analogous

#C34C40 #C38E40 #B6C340

triadic

#C38E40 #40C38E #8E40C3

tetradic

#C38E40 #40C34C #4075C3 #C340B6

square

#C38E40 #40C34C #4075C3 #C340B6

split-complementary

#C38E40 #40B6C3 #4C40C3

monochromatic

#684B21 #976D2F #C38E40 #D2AA6F #E0C59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#C38E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#C38E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38E40

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38E40	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)

#A19037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.114 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9af78',
    500: '#c38e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38e40;
$custom-light: #d9af78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.725,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68362,
    "c": 0.11406,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38E40

secondary

#92AACC

accent

#86DC4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38E40

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

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