#C38E46#C38E46

#C38E46 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.110 H 72.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38E46
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 70)
HSL	hsl(35, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(35, 64%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 64.1%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, 12.62, 45.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 47.11, 74.47°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% 0.0331 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.11 72.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.2862, 31.3928, 10.0995)
Luminance	0.3139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38E46 #467BC3

analogous

#C35046 #C38E46 #B9C346

triadic

#C38E46 #46C38E #8E46C3

tetradic

#C38E46 #46C350 #467BC3 #C346B9

square

#C38E46 #46C350 #467BC3 #C346B9

split-complementary

#C38E46 #46B9C3 #5046C3

monochromatic

#6C4D23 #9A6E32 #C38E46 #D2AA74 #E1C6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#C38E46 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#C38E46 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38E46

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38E46	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38E46	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)

#A1913F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38e46;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.110 72.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9af7c',
    500: '#c38e46',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38e46;
$custom-light: #d9af7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38e46",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.56,
    "s": 51.02,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68429,
    "c": 0.10971,
    "h": 72.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38E46

secondary

#97AECE

accent

#89DA4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38E46

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

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