#C36A38#C36A38

#C36A38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.130 H 48.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C36A38
RGB	rgb(195, 106, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(22, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.6%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.24, 31.43, 42.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.24, 53.11, 53.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% 0.0871 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.13 48)
XYZ	xyz(28.3760, 22.1989, 6.5311)
Luminance	0.2220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C36A38 #3891C3

analogous

#C3384C #C36A38 #C3B038

triadic

#C36A38 #38C36A #6A38C3

tetradic

#C36A38 #4CC338 #3891C3 #B038C3

square

#C36A38 #4CC338 #3891C3 #B038C3

split-complementary

#C36A38 #38C3B0 #384CC3

monochromatic

#64361D #93502A #C36A38 #D38D65 #E1B095

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#C36A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#C36A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C36A38

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C36A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C36A38	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837633

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5585F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c36a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 106, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.130 48.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9671',
    500: '#c36a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c36a38;
$custom-light: #db9671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c36a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.583,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61721,
    "c": 0.13018,
    "h": 48
  },
  "luminance": 0.22196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C36A38

secondary

#8BB4CC

accent

#A9DF49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C36A38

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

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