#C38E53#C38E53

#C38E53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.100 H 67.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38E53
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 83)
HSL	hsl(32, 48%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(32, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 57.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, 13.56, 38.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 41.28, 70.82°)
OKLab	oklab(68.6% 0.0376 0.0923)
OKLCH	oklch(68.6% 0.1 67.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7419, 31.5751, 12.4994)
Luminance	0.3157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38E53 #5388C3

analogous

#C35653 #C38E53 #C0C353

triadic

#C38E53 #53C38E #8E53C3

tetradic

#C38E53 #53C356 #5388C3 #C353C0

square

#C38E53 #53C356 #5388C3 #C353C0

split-complementary

#C38E53 #53C0C3 #5653C3

monochromatic

#735028 #A16F38 #C38E53 #D3AC80 #E3CAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#C38E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#C38E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38E53

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38E53	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0914E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D38280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.100 67.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8af85',
    500: '#c38e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38e53;
$custom-light: #d8af85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.607,
    "s": 48.276,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68597,
    "c": 0.09963,
    "h": 67.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38E53

secondary

#A1B8D1

accent

#90D850

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4EF

border

#D4CECA

text

#15100B

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38E53

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

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