#C38E41#C38E41

#C38E41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.113 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38E41
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 65)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 66.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.79, 12.30, 47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.79, 49.31, 75.56°)
OKLab	oklab(68.37% 0.0314 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(68.37% 0.113 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.1349, 31.3323, 9.3026)
Luminance	0.3133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38E41 #4176C3

analogous

#C34D41 #C38E41 #B7C341

triadic

#C38E41 #41C38E #8E41C3

tetradic

#C38E41 #41C34D #4176C3 #C341B7

square

#C38E41 #41C34D #4176C3 #C341B7

split-complementary

#C38E41 #41B7C3 #4D41C3

monochromatic

#694B21 #976D30 #C38E41 #D2AA70 #E0C59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#C38E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#C38E41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38E41

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38E41	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.113 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9af79',
    500: '#c38e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38e41;
$custom-light: #d9af79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.538,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68373,
    "c": 0.11335,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38E41

secondary

#93ABCD

accent

#87DB4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38E41

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

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