#C36038#C36038

#C36038 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.138 H 41.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C36038
RGB	rgb(195, 96, 56)
HSL	hsl(17, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(17, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.13, 36.67, 40.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.13, 54.62, 47.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% 0.1031 0.0918)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.138 41.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4049, 20.2567, 6.2074)
Luminance	0.2025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C36038 #389BC3

analogous

#C33856 #C36038 #C3A638

triadic

#C36038 #38C360 #6038C3

tetradic

#C36038 #56C338 #389BC3 #A638C3

square

#C36038 #56C338 #389BC3 #A638C3

split-complementary

#C36038 #38C3A6 #3856C3

monochromatic

#64311D #93492A #C36038 #D38565 #E1AB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#C36038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#C36038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C36038

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C36038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C36038	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)

#7B6F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64C57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c36038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 96, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.138 41.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8f70',
    500: '#c36038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c36038;
$custom-light: #dc8f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c36038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.266,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60106,
    "c": 0.13798,
    "h": 41.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C36038

secondary

#8BB9CC

accent

#B4DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C36038

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

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