#C36D42#C36D42

#C36D42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.124 H 46.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C36D42
RGB	rgb(195, 109, 66)
HSL	hsl(20, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(20, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 44.1%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, 30.39, 38.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 49.02, 51.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% 0.0856 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.124 46.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9601, 22.9358, 8.0551)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C36D42 #4298C3

analogous

#C34257 #C36D42 #C3AD42

triadic

#C36D42 #42C36D #6D42C3

tetradic

#C36D42 #57C342 #4298C3 #AD42C3

square

#C36D42 #57C342 #4298C3 #AD42C3

split-complementary

#C36D42 #42C3AD #4257C3

monochromatic

#693921 #985330 #C36D42 #D29170 #E0B59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#C36D42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#C36D42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C36D42

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C36D42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C36D42	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85783E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#998B41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D55C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c36d42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 109, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.124 46.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da9878',
    500: '#c36d42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c36d42;
$custom-light: #da9878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c36d42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62348,
    "c": 0.12354,
    "h": 46.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C36D42

secondary

#94BACD

accent

#ACDB4D

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C36D42

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

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