#C36438#C36438

#C36438 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.135 H 44.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C36438
RGB	rgb(195, 100, 56)
HSL	hsl(19, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(19, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.7%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.96, 34.60, 41.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.96, 53.95, 50.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.74% 0.0967 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(60.74% 0.135 44.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.7792, 21.0052, 6.3321)
Luminance	0.2100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C36438 #3897C3

analogous

#C33852 #C36438 #C3AA38

triadic

#C36438 #38C364 #6438C3

tetradic

#C36438 #52C338 #3897C3 #AA38C3

square

#C36438 #52C338 #3897C3 #AA38C3

split-complementary

#C36438 #38C3AA #3852C3

monochromatic

#64331D #934C2A #C36438 #D38865 #E1AD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#C36438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#C36438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C36438

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C36438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C36438	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5515A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c36438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 100, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.135 44.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9270',
    500: '#c36438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c36438;
$custom-light: #db9270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c36438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 100,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.993,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60739,
    "c": 0.13468,
    "h": 44.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C36438

secondary

#8BB7CC

accent

#AFDF49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C36438

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

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