#C38E4E#C38E4E

#C38E4E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.104 H 69.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38E4E
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 78)
HSL	hsl(33, 49%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(33, 60%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 60%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.93, 13.18, 41.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.93, 43.53, 72.38°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% 0.0358 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.104 69.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5558, 31.5007, 11.5191)
Luminance	0.3150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38E4E #4E83C3

analogous

#C3534E #C38E4E #BDC34E

triadic

#C38E4E #4EC38E #8E4EC3

tetradic

#C38E4E #4EC353 #4E83C3 #C34EBD

square

#C38E4E #4EC353 #4E83C3 #C34EBD

split-complementary

#C38E4E #4EBDC3 #534EC3

monochromatic

#704F26 #9E6F36 #C38E4E #D2AB7C #E2C8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#C38E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#C38E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38E4E

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38E4E	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A09148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3817F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.104 69.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9af81',
    500: '#c38e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38e4e;
$custom-light: #d9af81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.821,
    "s": 49.367,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68528,
    "c": 0.10359,
    "h": 69.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38E4E

secondary

#9DB4CF

accent

#8DD94F

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38E4E

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

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