#C36E38#C36E38

#C36E38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.128 H 50.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C36E38
RGB	rgb(195, 110, 56)
HSL	hsl(23, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(23, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.12, 29.29, 43.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.12, 52.66, 56.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% 0.0806 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.128 50.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7979, 23.0426, 6.6717)
Luminance	0.2304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C36E38 #388DC3

analogous

#C33848 #C36E38 #C3B338

triadic

#C36E38 #38C36E #6E38C3

tetradic

#C36E38 #48C338 #388DC3 #B338C3

square

#C36E38 #48C338 #388DC3 #B338C3

split-complementary

#C36E38 #38C3B3 #3848C3

monochromatic

#64381D #93532A #C36E38 #D39065 #E1B295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#C36E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#C36E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C36E38

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C36E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C36E38	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D55C62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c36e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 110, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.128 50.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9871',
    500: '#c36e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c36e38;
$custom-light: #db9871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c36e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.309,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62396,
    "c": 0.12753,
    "h": 50.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C36E38

secondary

#8BB3CC

accent

#A5DF49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C36E38

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

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