#C36C42#C36C42

#C36C42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.227; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.124 H 45.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C36C42
RGB	rgb(195, 108, 66)
HSL	hsl(20, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(20, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.6%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.79, 30.93, 38.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.79, 49.16, 51.01°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% 0.0872 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.124 45.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8540, 22.7237, 8.0198)
Luminance	0.2272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C36C42 #4299C3

analogous

#C34258 #C36C42 #C3AC42

triadic

#C36C42 #42C36C #6C42C3

tetradic

#C36C42 #58C342 #4299C3 #AC42C3

square

#C36C42 #58C342 #4299C3 #AC42C3

split-complementary

#C36C42 #42C3AC #4258C3

monochromatic

#693921 #985230 #C36C42 #D29070 #E0B49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.79

#C36C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.54

#C36C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C36C42

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C36C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C36C42	1.00	3.79	5.54	5.54
#FFFFFF	3.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84773E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D55B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c36c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 108, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.124 45.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da9778',
    500: '#c36c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c36c42;
$custom-light: #da9778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c36c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.535,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62179,
    "c": 0.12428,
    "h": 45.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C36C42

secondary

#94BACD

accent

#ADDB4D

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160D09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C36C42

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

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