#C3603E#C3603E

#C3603E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.136 H 39.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3603E
RGB	rgb(195, 96, 62)
HSL	hsl(15, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(15, 68%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.8%, 68.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.20, 37.00, 37.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.20, 52.57, 45.28°)
OKLab	oklab(60.18% 0.1051 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(60.18% 0.136 39.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5605, 20.3189, 7.0271)
Luminance	0.2032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3603E #3EA1C3

analogous

#C33E5F #C3603E #C3A23E

triadic

#C3603E #3EC360 #603EC3

tetradic

#C3603E #5FC33E #3EA1C3 #A23EC3

square

#C3603E #5FC33E #3EA1C3 #A23EC3

split-complementary

#C3603E #3EC3A2 #3E5FC3

monochromatic

#673220 #95492E #C3603E #D2866D #E0AD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#C3603E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#C3603E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C3603E

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3603E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3603E	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)

#7B6F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D54C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3603e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 96, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.136 39.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8f74',
    500: '#c3603e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3603e;
$custom-light: #db8f74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3603e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.338,
    "s": 52.569,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60182,
    "c": 0.13583,
    "h": 39.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3603E

secondary

#91BDCC

accent

#B7DC4C

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3603E

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

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