#C36D41#C36D41

#C36D41 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.124 H 46.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C36D41
RGB	rgb(195, 109, 65)
HSL	hsl(20, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(20, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 66.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, 30.33, 38.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 49.39, 52.12°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% 0.0853 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.124 46.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9308, 22.9241, 7.9012)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C36D41 #4197C3

analogous

#C34156 #C36D41 #C3AE41

triadic

#C36D41 #41C36D #6D41C3

tetradic

#C36D41 #56C341 #4197C3 #AE41C3

square

#C36D41 #56C341 #4197C3 #AE41C3

split-complementary

#C36D41 #41C3AE #4156C3

monochromatic

#693921 #975330 #C36D41 #D29170 #E0B49E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#C36D41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#C36D41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C36D41

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C36D41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C36D41	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85783D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D55C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c36d41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 109, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.124 46.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da9877',
    500: '#c36d41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c36d41;
$custom-light: #da9877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c36d41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.308,
    "s": 52,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62334,
    "c": 0.12401,
    "h": 46.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C36D41

secondary

#93B9CD

accent

#ABDB4C

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C36D41

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

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