#C36D38#C36D38

#C36D38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.128 H 50.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C36D38
RGB	rgb(195, 109, 56)
HSL	hsl(23, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(23, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.89, 29.82, 43.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.89, 52.76, 55.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.23% 0.0822 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(62.23% 0.128 50.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.6906, 22.8281, 6.6360)
Luminance	0.2283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C36D38 #388EC3

analogous

#C33849 #C36D38 #C3B338

triadic

#C36D38 #38C36D #6D38C3

tetradic

#C36D38 #49C338 #388EC3 #B338C3

square

#C36D38 #49C338 #388EC3 #B338C3

split-complementary

#C36D38 #38C3B3 #3849C3

monochromatic

#64381D #93522A #C36D38 #D38F65 #E1B295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#C36D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#C36D38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C36D38

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C36D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C36D38	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D55B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c36d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 109, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.128 50.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9871',
    500: '#c36d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c36d38;
$custom-light: #db9871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c36d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.878,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62226,
    "c": 0.12816,
    "h": 50.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C36D38

secondary

#8BB3CC

accent

#A6DF49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C36D38

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

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