#C38E45#C38E45

#C38E45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.110 H 72.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38E45
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 69)
HSL	hsl(35, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(35, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 64.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.83, 12.55, 45.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.83, 47.56, 74.70°)
OKLab	oklab(68.42% 0.0327 0.1055)
OKLCH	oklch(68.42% 0.11 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2549, 31.3803, 9.9346)
Luminance	0.3138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38E45 #457AC3

analogous

#C34F45 #C38E45 #B9C345

triadic

#C38E45 #45C38E #8E45C3

tetradic

#C38E45 #45C34F #457AC3 #C345B9

square

#C38E45 #45C34F #457AC3 #C345B9

split-complementary

#C38E45 #45B9C3 #4F45C3

monochromatic

#6B4D23 #996E31 #C38E45 #D2AA73 #E1C6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#C38E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#C38E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38E45

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38E45	1.00	2.89	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A1913E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.110 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9af7b',
    500: '#c38e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38e45;
$custom-light: #d9af7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.762,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68417,
    "c": 0.11044,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38E45

secondary

#96AECE

accent

#89DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38E45

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

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