#C36E40#C36E40

#C36E40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.124 H 47.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C36E40
RGB	rgb(195, 110, 64)
HSL	hsl(21, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(21, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.20, 29.73, 39.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.20, 49.64, 53.20°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% 0.0833 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.124 47.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0094, 23.1272, 7.7858)
Luminance	0.2312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C36E40 #4095C3

analogous

#C34053 #C36E40 #C3AF40

triadic

#C36E40 #40C36E #6E40C3

tetradic

#C36E40 #53C340 #4095C3 #AF40C3

square

#C36E40 #53C340 #4095C3 #AF40C3

split-complementary

#C36E40 #40C3AF #4053C3

monochromatic

#683A21 #97542F #C36E40 #D2916F #E0B59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#C36E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#C36E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C36E40

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C36E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C36E40	1.00	3.73	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86793B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D55D63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c36e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 110, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.124 47.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da9876',
    500: '#c36e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c36e40;
$custom-light: #da9876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c36e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.069,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62491,
    "c": 0.12377,
    "h": 47.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C36E40

secondary

#92B8CC

accent

#A9DC4C

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C36E40

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

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