#D38A33

A medium, moderate orange closely aligning with Peru.

About #D38A33

When working with digital screens, the color #D38A33 is rendered by mixing light. Designers often compare it to the standard color Peru. Its digital footprint relies on 211 parts red, 138 parts green, and 51 parts blue light.

If you are designing for print, the four-color process is what matters most. To reproduce this shade on paper, a printer utilizes 0% cyan and 35% magenta inks. With a hue angle of 32.6 degrees, it sits comfortably in the orange spectrum.

Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) dictate how we should use this color. Mathematical luminance calculations suggest that #000000 text provides the most optimal reading experience. Always test your color combinations using a contrast checker before publishing.

Color Space Conversions

HEX#D38A33
RGB211, 138, 51
HSL32.6°, 64.5%, 51.4%
CMYK0%, 35%, 76%, 17%
HSV32.6°, 75.8%, 82.7%
LAB63.6, 20.7, 55.4
XYZ36.5, 32.3, 7.4
Decimal13863475

Color Harmonies

Complementary

Analogous

Triadic

Tints, Shades & Tones

Tints (Adding White)

Shades (Adding Black)

WCAG Contrast Accessibility

2.82:1
Text on #FFFFFF
FAIL
7.45:1
Text on #000000
AAA
2.69:1
Text on #F8FAFC
FAIL
6.34:1
Text on #0F172A
AA

CSS Implementation

.bg-color { background-color: #D38A33; }
.text-color { color: #D38A33; }
.border-color { border: 2px solid #D38A33; }

Similar Colors

Peru
#CD853F