#C38F43#C38F43

#C38F43 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.112 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38F43
RGB	rgb(195, 143, 67)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 65.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.06, 11.88, 47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.06, 48.57, 75.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.59% 0.0304 0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(68.59% 0.112 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.3433, 31.6548, 9.6629)
Luminance	0.3165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38F43 #4377C3

analogous

#C34F43 #C38F43 #B7C343

triadic

#C38F43 #43C38F #8F43C3

tetradic

#C38F43 #43C34F #4377C3 #C343B7

square

#C38F43 #43C34F #4377C3 #C343B7

split-complementary

#C38F43 #43B7C3 #4F43C3

monochromatic

#6A4D22 #986E31 #C38F43 #D2AB71 #E1C6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#C38F43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#C38F43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38F43

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38F43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38F43	1.00	2.86	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.86	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)

#A2913B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3817E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38f43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 143, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.112 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9af7a',
    500: '#c38f43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38f43;
$custom-light: #d9af7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38f43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.625,
    "s": 51.613,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6859,
    "c": 0.11202,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38F43

secondary

#95ACCD

accent

#87DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38F43

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

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