#C36B42#C36B42

#C36B42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.125 H 44.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C36B42
RGB	rgb(195, 107, 66)
HSL	hsl(19, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(19, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 45.1%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.57, 31.46, 37.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.57, 49.30, 50.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.01% 0.0889 0.088)
OKLCH	oklch(62.01% 0.125 44.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7491, 22.5140, 7.9848)
Luminance	0.2251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C36B42 #429AC3

analogous

#C34259 #C36B42 #C3AB42

triadic

#C36B42 #42C36B #6B42C3

tetradic

#C36B42 #59C342 #429AC3 #AB42C3

square

#C36B42 #59C342 #429AC3 #AB42C3

split-complementary

#C36B42 #42C3AB #4259C3

monochromatic

#693821 #985130 #C36B42 #D28F70 #E0B49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#C36B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#C36B42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C36B42

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C36B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C36B42	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83773E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#988A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D55A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c36b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 107, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.125 44.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da9678',
    500: '#c36b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c36b42;
$custom-light: #da9678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c36b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.07,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62011,
    "c": 0.12503,
    "h": 44.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C36B42

secondary

#94BBCD

accent

#AEDB4D

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C36B42

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

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