#C36C38#C36C38

#C36C38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.129 H 49.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C36C38
RGB	rgb(195, 108, 56)
HSL	hsl(22, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(22, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, 30.36, 43.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 52.87, 54.95°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% 0.0839 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.129 49.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.5845, 22.6159, 6.6006)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C36C38 #388FC3

analogous

#C3384A #C36C38 #C3B238

triadic

#C36C38 #38C36C #6C38C3

tetradic

#C36C38 #4AC338 #388FC3 #B238C3

square

#C36C38 #4AC338 #388FC3 #B238C3

split-complementary

#C36C38 #38C3B2 #384AC3

monochromatic

#64371D #93522A #C36C38 #D38E65 #E1B195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#C36C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#C36C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C36C38

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C36C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C36C38	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D55A61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c36c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 108, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.129 49.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9771',
    500: '#c36c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c36c38;
$custom-light: #db9771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c36c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.446,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62057,
    "c": 0.12882,
    "h": 49.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C36C38

secondary

#8BB4CC

accent

#A7DF49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C36C38

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

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