#C36342#C36342

#C36342 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.132 H 39.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C36342
RGB	rgb(195, 99, 66)
HSL	hsl(15, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(15, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.2%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, 35.68, 35.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 50.65, 45.22°)
OKLab	oklab(60.71% 0.1018 0.0836)
OKLCH	oklch(60.71% 0.132 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9533, 20.9224, 7.7196)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C36342 #42A2C3

analogous

#C34261 #C36342 #C3A342

triadic

#C36342 #42C363 #6342C3

tetradic

#C36342 #61C342 #42A2C3 #A342C3

square

#C36342 #61C342 #42A2C3 #A342C3

split-complementary

#C36342 #42C3A3 #4261C3

monochromatic

#693421 #984B30 #C36342 #D28970 #E0B09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#C36342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#C36342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C36342

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C36342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C36342	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C713F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5515B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c36342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 99, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.132 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9177',
    500: '#c36342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c36342;
$custom-light: #db9177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c36342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 99,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.349,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60708,
    "c": 0.1317,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C36342

secondary

#94BECD

accent

#B7DB4D

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C36342

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

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