#3C230E#3C230E

#3C230E is a dark, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.022; OKLCH L 28.4% C 0.050 H 58.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 14.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#3C230E
RGB	rgb(60, 35, 14)
HSL	hsl(27, 62%, 15%)
HSV	hsv(27, 77%, 24%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.7%, 76.7%, 76.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(16.48, 9.58, 18.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(16.48, 20.68, 62.41°)
OKLab	oklab(28.35% 0.0262 0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(28.35% 0.05 58.6)
XYZ	xyz(2.5440, 2.1947, 0.7050)
Luminance	0.0219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#3C230E #0E273C

analogous

#3C0E10 #3C230E #3C3A0E

triadic

#3C230E #0E3C23 #230E3C

tetradic

#3C230E #103C0E #0E273C #3A0E3C

square

#3C230E #103C0E #0E273C #3A0E3C

split-complementary

#3C230E #0E3C3A #0E103C

monochromatic

#190E06 #190E06 #3C230E #6E401A #9F5D25

Accessibility & contrast

On white

14.60

#3C230E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.44

#3C230E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #3C230E

14.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##3C230E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##3C230E	1.00	14.60	1.44	14.60
#FFFFFF	14.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	14.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B250C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#302B0E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#421E1E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#292929

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #3c230e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(60, 35, 14);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(28.4% 0.050 58.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#745e4d',
    500: '#3c230e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #3c230e;
$custom-light: #745e4d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#3c230e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 60,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 14
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.391,
    "s": 62.162,
    "l": 14.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.28352,
    "c": 0.05034,
    "h": 58.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.02194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#3C230E

secondary

#2F5677

accent

#9BE543

background

#F7F5F4

surface

#EDE9E7

border

#C8C5C3

text

#080401

muted

#7B7977

Preview Lab

Preview with #3C230E

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

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