#C38F37#C38F37

#C38F37 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.120 H 77.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38F37
RGB	rgb(195, 143, 55)
HSL	hsl(38, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.95, 11.20, 52.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.95, 53.67, 77.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% 0.0268 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.12 77.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.0199, 31.5254, 7.9596)
Luminance	0.3152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38F37 #376BC3

analogous

#C34937 #C38F37 #B1C337

triadic

#C38F37 #37C38F #8F37C3

tetradic

#C38F37 #37C349 #376BC3 #C337B1

square

#C38F37 #37C349 #376BC3 #C337B1

split-complementary

#C38F37 #37B1C3 #4937C3

monochromatic

#64491C #936C2A #C38F37 #D3AA64 #E1C494

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#C38F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#C38F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38F37

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38F37	1.00	2.87	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.87	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)

#A3912C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 143, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.120 77.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daaf73',
    500: '#c38f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38f37;
$custom-light: #daaf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.714,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68471,
    "c": 0.12026,
    "h": 77.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38F37

secondary

#8AA2CC

accent

#81DF49

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38F37

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →