#C38F28#C38F28

#C38F28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.129 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38F28
RGB	rgb(195, 143, 40)
HSL	hsl(40, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(40, 79%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 79.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.85, 10.55, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.85, 59.35, 79.76°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% 0.0231 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.129 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.7134, 31.4028, 6.3455)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38F28 #285CC3

analogous

#C34128 #C38F28 #A9C328

triadic

#C38F28 #28C38F #8F28C3

tetradic

#C38F28 #28C341 #285CC3 #C328A9

square

#C38F28 #28C341 #285CC3 #C328A9

split-complementary

#C38F28 #28A9C3 #4128C3

monochromatic

#5D4513 #906A1E #C38F28 #DBAB4E #E5C380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#C38F28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#C38F28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38F28

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38F28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38F28	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	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)

#A39014

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4807B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38f28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 143, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.129 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daaf6b',
    500: '#c38f28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38f28;
$custom-light: #daaf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38f28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.871,
    "s": 65.957,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68358,
    "c": 0.12875,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38F28

secondary

#7995CE

accent

#78E93F

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38F28

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

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