#C36E35#C36E35

#C36E35 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.129 H 51.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C36E35
RGB	rgb(195, 110, 53)
HSL	hsl(24, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(24, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 72.8%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.09, 29.14, 45.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.09, 53.80, 57.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% 0.0797 0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.129 51.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7267, 23.0141, 6.2968)
Luminance	0.2301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C36E35 #358AC3

analogous

#C33543 #C36E35 #C3B535

triadic

#C36E35 #35C36E #6E35C3

tetradic

#C36E35 #43C335 #358AC3 #B535C3

square

#C36E35 #43C335 #358AC3 #B535C3

split-complementary

#C36E35 #35C3B5 #3543C3

monochromatic

#63381B #935328 #C36E35 #D48F61 #E1B191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#C36E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#C36E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C36E35

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C36E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C36E35	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86782E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D55C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c36e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 110, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.129 51.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db986f',
    500: '#c36e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c36e35;
$custom-light: #db986f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c36e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.085,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62365,
    "c": 0.12891,
    "h": 51.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C36E35

secondary

#88B1CC

accent

#A3E147

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C36E35

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

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