#C38E49#C38E49

#C38E49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.107 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38E49
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 73)
HSL	hsl(34, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(34, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 62.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.87, 12.82, 43.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.87, 45.78, 73.74°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% 0.0341 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.107 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(33.3833, 31.4317, 10.6107)
Luminance	0.3143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38E49 #497EC3

analogous

#C35149 #C38E49 #BBC349

triadic

#C38E49 #49C38E #8E49C3

tetradic

#C38E49 #49C351 #497EC3 #C349BB

square

#C38E49 #49C351 #497EC3 #C349BB

split-complementary

#C38E49 #49BBC3 #5149C3

monochromatic

#6E4E24 #9C6E33 #C38E49 #D2AB77 #E1C7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#C38E49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#C38E49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38E49

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38E49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38E49	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38e49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.107 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9af7e',
    500: '#c38e49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38e49;
$custom-light: #d9af7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38e49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.934,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68465,
    "c": 0.10744,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38E49

secondary

#99B0CE

accent

#8BDA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38E49

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

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