#C36938#C36938

#C36938 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.131 H 47.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C36938
RGB	rgb(195, 105, 56)
HSL	hsl(21, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(21, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.2%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, 31.96, 42.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 53.23, 53.10°)
OKLab	oklab(61.56% 0.0887 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(61.56% 0.131 47.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2736, 21.9940, 6.4969)
Luminance	0.2199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C36938 #3892C3

analogous

#C3384D #C36938 #C3AF38

triadic

#C36938 #38C369 #6938C3

tetradic

#C36938 #4DC338 #3892C3 #AF38C3

square

#C36938 #4DC338 #3892C3 #AF38C3

split-complementary

#C36938 #38C3AF #384DC3

monochromatic

#64361D #934F2A #C36938 #D38C65 #E1B095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#C36938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#C36938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C36938

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C36938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C36938	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#827533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5575E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c36938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 105, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.131 47.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9571',
    500: '#c36938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c36938;
$custom-light: #db9571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c36938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 105,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.151,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61555,
    "c": 0.13089,
    "h": 47.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C36938

secondary

#8BB5CC

accent

#AADF49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C36938

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

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