#D38C38#D38C38

#D38C38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.130 H 66.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D38C38
RGB	rgb(211, 140, 56)
HSL	hsl(33, 64%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(33, 73%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.6%, 73.5%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, 19.80, 53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 57.32, 69.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% 0.0511 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.13 66.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.9587, 32.8940, 8.1433)
Luminance	0.3289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D38C38 #387FD3

analogous

#D33E38 #D38C38 #CDD338

triadic

#D38C38 #38D38C #8C38D3

tetradic

#D38C38 #38D33E #387FD3 #D338CD

square

#D38C38 #38D33E #387FD3 #D338CD

split-complementary

#D38C38 #38CDD3 #3E38D3

monochromatic

#764C1A #A96C25 #D38C38 #DEA96A #E9C69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#D38C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#D38C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D38C38

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D38C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D38C38	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3912D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E67B7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d38c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(211, 140, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.130 66.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e6ad73',
    500: '#d38c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d38c38;
$custom-light: #e6ad73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d38c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 211,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.516,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69758,
    "c": 0.12996,
    "h": 66.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D38C38

secondary

#92B1D5

accent

#8DE741

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FDF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#171008

muted

#857F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #D38C38

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

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