#C3603C#C3603C

#C3603C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.137 H 40.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3603C
RGB	rgb(195, 96, 60)
HSL	hsl(16, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(16, 69%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 69.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, 36.88, 38.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 53.25, 46.16°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% 0.1044 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.137 40.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5067, 20.2974, 6.7434)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3603C #3C9FC3

analogous

#C33C5C #C3603C #C3A33C

triadic

#C3603C #3CC360 #603CC3

tetradic

#C3603C #5CC33C #3C9FC3 #A33CC3

square

#C3603C #5CC33C #3C9FC3 #A33CC3

split-complementary

#C3603C #3CC3A3 #3C5CC3

monochromatic

#65321F #94492E #C3603C #D1866B #E0AC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#C3603C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#C3603C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C3603C

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3603C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3603C	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)

#7B6F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D54C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3603c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 96, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.137 40.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8f73',
    500: '#c3603c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3603c;
$custom-light: #db8f73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3603c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60156,
    "c": 0.13654,
    "h": 40.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3603C

secondary

#8FBCCC

accent

#B6DC4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3603C

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

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