#C35E38#C35E38

#C35E38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.140 H 40.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C35E38
RGB	rgb(195, 94, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(16, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.8%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.72, 37.70, 40.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.72, 54.99, 46.72°)
OKLab	oklab(59.8% 0.1062 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(59.8% 0.14 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2248, 19.8964, 6.1473)
Luminance	0.1989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C35E38 #389DC3

analogous

#C33858 #C35E38 #C3A438

triadic

#C35E38 #38C35E #5E38C3

tetradic

#C35E38 #58C338 #389DC3 #A438C3

square

#C35E38 #58C338 #389DC3 #A438C3

split-complementary

#C35E38 #38C3A4 #3858C3

monochromatic

#64301D #93472A #C35E38 #D38365 #E1AA95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#C35E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#C35E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C35E38

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C35E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C35E38	1.00	4.22	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c35e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 94, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.140 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8e70',
    500: '#c35e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c35e38;
$custom-light: #dc8e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c35e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.403,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59796,
    "c": 0.1397,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C35E38

secondary

#8BBACC

accent

#B6DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C35E38

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

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