#C38E44#C38E44

#C38E44 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.111 H 73.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38E44
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 68)
HSL	hsl(35, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(35, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 65.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, 12.49, 46.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 48.00, 74.92°)
OKLab	oklab(68.41% 0.0324 0.1064)
OKLCH	oklch(68.41% 0.111 73.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.2241, 31.3680, 9.7725)
Luminance	0.3136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38E44 #4479C3

analogous

#C34F44 #C38E44 #B8C344

triadic

#C38E44 #44C38E #8E44C3

tetradic

#C38E44 #44C34F #4479C3 #C344B8

square

#C38E44 #44C34F #4479C3 #C344B8

split-complementary

#C38E44 #44B8C3 #4F44C3

monochromatic

#6A4C22 #996D31 #C38E44 #D2AA72 #E1C6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#C38E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#C38E44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38E44

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38E44	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)

#A1903C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3807E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.111 73.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9af7b',
    500: '#c38e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38e44;
$custom-light: #d9af7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.961,
    "s": 51.417,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68406,
    "c": 0.11118,
    "h": 73.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38E44

secondary

#95ADCD

accent

#88DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38E44

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

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