#C36E45#C36E45

#C36E45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.121 H 45.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C36E45
RGB	rgb(195, 110, 69)
HSL	hsl(20, 51%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(20, 65%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.6%, 64.6%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.26, 30.04, 37.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.26, 47.79, 51.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.56% 0.0851 0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(62.56% 0.121 45.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1581, 23.1867, 8.5690)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C36E45 #459AC3

analogous

#C3455B #C36E45 #C3AD45

triadic

#C36E45 #45C36E #6E45C3

tetradic

#C36E45 #5BC345 #459AC3 #AD45C3

square

#C36E45 #5BC345 #459AC3 #AD45C3

split-complementary

#C36E45 #45C3AD #455BC3

monochromatic

#6B3A23 #995331 #C36E45 #D29273 #E1B6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#C36E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#C36E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C36E45

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C36E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C36E45	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#857941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D55E64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c36e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 110, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.121 45.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da987a',
    500: '#c36e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c36e45;
$custom-light: #da987a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c36e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.524,
    "s": 51.22,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62558,
    "c": 0.12142,
    "h": 45.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C36E45

secondary

#96BCCE

accent

#ADDB4D

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C36E45

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

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