#C38F79#C38F79

#C38F79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.071 H 43.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C38F79
RGB	rgb(195, 143, 121)
HSL	hsl(18, 38%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(18, 38%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.7%, 37.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.86, 16.80, 19.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.86, 25.70, 49.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.48% 0.0511 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(69.48% 0.071 43.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.7806, 32.6297, 22.4990)
Luminance	0.3263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C38F79 #79ADC3

analogous

#C37988 #C38F79 #C3B479

triadic

#C38F79 #79C38F #8F79C3

tetradic

#C38F79 #88C379 #79ADC3 #B479C3

square

#C38F79 #88C379 #79ADC3 #B479C3

split-complementary

#C38F79 #79C3B4 #7988C3

monochromatic

#86523C #B06C4F #C38F79 #D6B2A3 #E9D6CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#C38F79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.53

#C38F79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C38F79

7.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C38F79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C38F79	1.00	2.79	7.53	7.53
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89F79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D08789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c38f79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 143, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.071 43.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d7b09f',
    500: '#c38f79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c38f79;
$custom-light: #d7b09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c38f79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.838,
    "s": 38.144,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69477,
    "c": 0.07098,
    "h": 43.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C38F79

secondary

#BED1DA

accent

#8CB134

background

#FDFAF9

surface

#FAF4F2

border

#D3CECC

text

#15100E

muted

#837F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C38F79

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

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