#C36238#C36238

#C36238 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.136 H 42.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C36238
RGB	rgb(195, 98, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(18, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.7%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.54, 35.64, 40.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.54, 54.28, 48.96°)
OKLab	oklab(60.42% 0.0999 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(60.42% 0.136 42.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5897, 20.6263, 6.2690)
Luminance	0.2062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C36238 #3899C3

analogous

#C33854 #C36238 #C3A738

triadic

#C36238 #38C362 #6238C3

tetradic

#C36238 #54C338 #3899C3 #A738C3

square

#C36238 #54C338 #3899C3 #A738C3

split-complementary

#C36238 #38C3A7 #3854C3

monochromatic

#64321D #934A2A #C36238 #D38665 #E1AC95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#C36238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#C36238 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C36238

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C36238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C36238	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D7033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D54E59

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c36238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 98, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.136 42.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9070',
    500: '#c36238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c36238;
$custom-light: #db9070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c36238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.129,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60421,
    "c": 0.1363,
    "h": 42.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C36238

secondary

#8BB8CC

accent

#B1DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C36238

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

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