#C38F49#C38F49

#C38F49 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.108 H 72.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38F49
RGB	rgb(195, 143, 73)
HSL	hsl(34, 50%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(34, 63%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 62.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.12, 12.27, 44.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.12, 45.90, 74.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.66% 0.0324 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(68.66% 0.108 72.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.5327, 31.7306, 10.6605)
Luminance	0.3173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38F49 #497DC3

analogous

#C35249 #C38F49 #BAC349

triadic

#C38F49 #49C38F #8F49C3

tetradic

#C38F49 #49C352 #497DC3 #C349BA

square

#C38F49 #49C352 #497DC3 #C349BA

split-complementary

#C38F49 #49BAC3 #5249C3

monochromatic

#6E4E24 #9C6F33 #C38F49 #D2AB77 #E1C8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#C38F49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#C38F49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38F49

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38F49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38F49	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19142

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3827F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38f49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 143, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.108 72.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9af7e',
    500: '#c38f49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38f49;
$custom-light: #d9af7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38f49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.426,
    "s": 50.413,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68659,
    "c": 0.10753,
    "h": 72.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38F49

secondary

#99B0CE

accent

#8ADA4E

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4EE

border

#D4CEC9

text

#15100A

muted

#837F7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38F49

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

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