#C38F41#C38F41

#C38F41 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.113 H 74.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38F41
RGB	rgb(195, 143, 65)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 66.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.04, 11.75, 48.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.04, 49.44, 76.25°)
OKLab	oklab(68.57% 0.0298 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(68.57% 0.113 74.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.2844, 31.6312, 9.3524)
Luminance	0.3163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38F41 #4175C3

analogous

#C34E41 #C38F41 #B6C341

triadic

#C38F41 #41C38F #8F41C3

tetradic

#C38F41 #41C34E #4175C3 #C341B6

square

#C38F41 #41C34E #4175C3 #C341B6

split-complementary

#C38F41 #41B6C3 #4E41C3

monochromatic

#694C21 #976E30 #C38F41 #D2AA70 #E0C69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#C38F41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#C38F41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38F41

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38F41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38F41	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29139

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38f41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 143, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.113 74.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9af79',
    500: '#c38f41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38f41;
$custom-light: #d9af79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38f41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68568,
    "c": 0.11347,
    "h": 74.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38F41

secondary

#93AACD

accent

#86DB4C

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38F41

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

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