#C38E63#C38E63

#C38E63 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.087 H 59.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38E63
RGB	rgb(195, 142, 99)
HSL	hsl(27, 44%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(27, 49%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 49.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.22, 14.97, 30.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.22, 34.20, 64.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% 0.0438 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.087 59.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.4325, 31.8513, 16.1363)
Luminance	0.3185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38E63 #6398C3

analogous

#C36368 #C38E63 #C3BE63

triadic

#C38E63 #63C38E #8E63C3

tetradic

#C38E63 #68C363 #6398C3 #BE63C3

square

#C38E63 #68C363 #6398C3 #BE63C3

split-complementary

#C38E63 #63C3BE #6368C3

monochromatic

#7C5230 #A86F41 #C38E63 #D4AE8F #E5CEBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#C38E63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#C38E63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38E63

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38E63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38E63	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9260

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9E63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D28383

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38e63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 142, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.087 59.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8af90',
    500: '#c38e63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38e63;
$custom-light: #d8af90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38e63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.875,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6885,
    "c": 0.08687,
    "h": 59.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38E63

secondary

#AEC3D4

accent

#9BD454

background

#FDFAF8

surface

#FBF4F0

border

#D4CECB

text

#15100C

muted

#837F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38E63

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

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