#C38F38#C38F38

#C38F38 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.120 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38F38
RGB	rgb(195, 143, 56)
HSL	hsl(38, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(38, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.96, 11.25, 52.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.96, 53.26, 77.81°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% 0.0271 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.12 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.0441, 31.5351, 8.0871)
Luminance	0.3153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38F38 #386CC3

analogous

#C34A38 #C38F38 #B2C338

triadic

#C38F38 #38C38F #8F38C3

tetradic

#C38F38 #38C34A #386CC3 #C338B2

square

#C38F38 #38C34A #386CC3 #C338B2

split-complementary

#C38F38 #38B2C3 #4A38C3

monochromatic

#64491D #936C2A #C38F38 #D3AA65 #E1C495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#C38F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#C38F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38F38

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38F38	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)

#A3912D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4817D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 143, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.120 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daaf73',
    500: '#c38f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38f38;
$custom-light: #daaf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.554,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6848,
    "c": 0.11962,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38F38

secondary

#8BA3CC

accent

#81DF49

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38F38

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

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