#C38E43#C38E43

#C38E43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.112 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38E43
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 67)
HSL	hsl(35, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(35, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 65.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.81, 12.42, 46.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.81, 48.44, 75.14°)
OKLab	oklab(68.4% 0.0321 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(68.4% 0.112 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.1939, 31.3559, 9.6131)
Luminance	0.3135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38E43 #4378C3

analogous

#C34E43 #C38E43 #B8C343

triadic

#C38E43 #43C38E #8E43C3

tetradic

#C38E43 #43C34E #4378C3 #C343B8

square

#C38E43 #43C34E #4378C3 #C343B8

split-complementary

#C38E43 #43B8C3 #4E43C3

monochromatic

#6A4C22 #986D31 #C38E43 #D2AA71 #E1C6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#C38E43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#C38E43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38E43

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38E43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38E43	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)

#A1903B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38e43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.112 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9af7a',
    500: '#c38e43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38e43;
$custom-light: #d9af7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38e43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.156,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68395,
    "c": 0.11191,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38E43

secondary

#95ACCD

accent

#88DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38E43

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

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