#C36D36#C36D36

#C36D36 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.129 H 50.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C36D36
RGB	rgb(195, 109, 54)
HSL	hsl(23, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(23, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 72.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.88, 29.72, 44.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.88, 53.52, 56.26°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% 0.0816 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.129 50.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.6427, 22.8089, 6.3835)
Luminance	0.2281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C36D36 #368CC3

analogous

#C33646 #C36D36 #C3B436

triadic

#C36D36 #36C36D #6D36C3

tetradic

#C36D36 #46C336 #368CC3 #B436C3

square

#C36D36 #46C336 #368CC3 #B436C3

split-complementary

#C36D36 #36C3B4 #3646C3

monochromatic

#63371B #935229 #C36D36 #D48F63 #E1B192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.78

#C36D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.56

#C36D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C36D36

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C36D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C36D36	1.00	3.78	5.56	5.56
#FFFFFF	3.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D55B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c36d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 109, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.129 50.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9870',
    500: '#c36d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c36d36;
$custom-light: #db9870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c36d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.404,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62205,
    "c": 0.12907,
    "h": 50.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C36D36

secondary

#89B2CC

accent

#A5E048

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C36D36

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

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