#C38F45#C38F45

#C38F45 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.111 H 73.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38F45
RGB	rgb(195, 143, 69)
HSL	hsl(35, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(35, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 64.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.08, 12.00, 46.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.08, 47.69, 75.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.61% 0.0311 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(68.61% 0.111 73.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.4044, 31.6792, 9.9844)
Luminance	0.3168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38F45 #4579C3

analogous

#C35045 #C38F45 #B8C345

triadic

#C38F45 #45C38F #8F45C3

tetradic

#C38F45 #45C350 #4579C3 #C345B8

square

#C38F45 #45C350 #4579C3 #C345B8

split-complementary

#C38F45 #45B8C3 #5045C3

monochromatic

#6B4D23 #996E31 #C38F45 #D2AB73 #E1C7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#C38F45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#C38F45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38F45

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38F45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38F45	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A2913D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38f45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 143, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.111 73.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9af7b',
    500: '#c38f45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38f45;
$custom-light: #d9af7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38f45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.238,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68612,
    "c": 0.11055,
    "h": 73.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38F45

secondary

#96ADCE

accent

#88DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38F45

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

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