#C36037#C36037

#C36037 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.138 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C36037
RGB	rgb(195, 96, 55)
HSL	hsl(18, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(18, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 71.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.12, 36.62, 41.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.12, 54.97, 48.23°)
OKLab	oklab(60.09% 0.1027 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(60.09% 0.138 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3807, 20.2470, 6.0799)
Luminance	0.2024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C36037 #379AC3

analogous

#C33754 #C36037 #C3A637

triadic

#C36037 #37C360 #6037C3

tetradic

#C36037 #54C337 #379AC3 #A637C3

square

#C36037 #54C337 #379AC3 #A637C3

split-complementary

#C36037 #37C3A6 #3754C3

monochromatic

#64311C #93482A #C36037 #D38564 #E1AA94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#C36037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#C36037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C36037

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C36037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C36037	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64C57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c36037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 96, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.138 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8f70',
    500: '#c36037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c36037;
$custom-light: #dc8f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c36037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.571,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60094,
    "c": 0.13834,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C36037

secondary

#8AB9CC

accent

#B3DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C36037

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

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