#C36138#C36138

#C36138 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.137 H 42.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C36138
RGB	rgb(195, 97, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(18, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 50.3%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.33, 36.16, 40.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.33, 54.45, 48.39°)
OKLab	oklab(60.26% 0.1015 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(60.26% 0.137 42.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4967, 20.4403, 6.2380)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C36138 #389AC3

analogous

#C33855 #C36138 #C3A738

triadic

#C36138 #38C361 #6138C3

tetradic

#C36138 #55C338 #389AC3 #A738C3

square

#C36138 #55C338 #389AC3 #A738C3

split-complementary

#C36138 #38C3A7 #3855C3

monochromatic

#64321D #93492A #C36138 #D38665 #E1AB95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#C36138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#C36138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C36138

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C36138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C36138	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c36138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 97, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.137 42.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9070',
    500: '#c36138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c36138;
$custom-light: #db9070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c36138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.698,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60263,
    "c": 0.13713,
    "h": 42.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C36138

secondary

#8BB9CC

accent

#B3DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C36138

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

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