#C38F36#C38F36

#C38F36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.121 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38F36
RGB	rgb(195, 143, 54)
HSL	hsl(38, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.94, 11.15, 52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.94, 54.08, 78.11°)
OKLab	oklab(68.46% 0.0265 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(68.46% 0.121 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.9962, 31.5159, 7.8347)
Luminance	0.3151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38F36 #366AC3

analogous

#C34836 #C38F36 #B1C336

triadic

#C38F36 #36C38F #8F36C3

tetradic

#C38F36 #36C348 #366AC3 #C336B1

square

#C38F36 #36C348 #366AC3 #C336B1

split-complementary

#C38F36 #36B1C3 #4836C3

monochromatic

#63491B #936C29 #C38F36 #D4AA63 #E1C492

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#C38F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#C38F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38F36

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38F36	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)

#A3912A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 143, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.121 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daaf72',
    500: '#c38f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38f36;
$custom-light: #daaf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.872,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68462,
    "c": 0.1209,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38F36

secondary

#89A2CC

accent

#80E048

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38F36

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

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