#C36538#C36538

#C36538 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.134 H 44.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C36538
RGB	rgb(195, 101, 56)
HSL	hsl(19, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(19, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48.2%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.17, 34.07, 41.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.17, 53.80, 50.70°)
OKLab	oklab(60.9% 0.0951 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(60.9% 0.134 44.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8757, 21.1982, 6.3643)
Luminance	0.2119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C36538 #3896C3

analogous

#C33851 #C36538 #C3AA38

triadic

#C36538 #38C365 #6538C3

tetradic

#C36538 #51C338 #3896C3 #AA38C3

square

#C36538 #51C338 #3896C3 #AA38C3

split-complementary

#C36538 #38C3AA #3851C3

monochromatic

#64341D #934C2A #C36538 #D38965 #E1AD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#C36538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#C36538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C36538

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C36538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C36538	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F7233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5525B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c36538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 101, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.134 44.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9270',
    500: '#c36538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c36538;
$custom-light: #db9270;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c36538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.424,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.609,
    "c": 0.13389,
    "h": 44.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C36538

secondary

#8BB7CC

accent

#AEDF49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C36538

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

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