#C3603B#C3603B

#C3603B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.137 H 40.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3603B
RGB	rgb(195, 96, 59)
HSL	hsl(16, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(16, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 69.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.16, 36.83, 38.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.16, 53.59, 46.59°)
OKLab	oklab(60.14% 0.1041 0.089)
OKLCH	oklch(60.14% 0.137 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4805, 20.2869, 6.6055)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3603B #3B9EC3

analogous

#C33B5A #C3603B #C3A43B

triadic

#C3603B #3BC360 #603BC3

tetradic

#C3603B #5AC33B #3B9EC3 #A43BC3

square

#C3603B #5AC33B #3B9EC3 #A43BC3

split-complementary

#C3603B #3BC3A4 #3B5AC3

monochromatic

#65321F #94492D #C3603B #D28669 #E0AC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#C3603B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#C3603B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C3603B

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3603B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3603B	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D54C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3603b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 96, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.137 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8f72',
    500: '#c3603b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3603b;
$custom-light: #db8f72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3603b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.324,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60143,
    "c": 0.1369,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3603B

secondary

#8EBBCC

accent

#B5DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3603B

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

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