#C36F38#C36F38

#C36F38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.127 H 51.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C36F38
RGB	rgb(195, 111, 56)
HSL	hsl(24, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(24, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.1%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.34, 28.75, 44.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.34, 52.57, 56.84°)
OKLab	oklab(62.57% 0.079 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(62.57% 0.127 51.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.9064, 23.2596, 6.7079)
Luminance	0.2326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C36F38 #388CC3

analogous

#C33847 #C36F38 #C3B538

triadic

#C36F38 #38C36F #6F38C3

tetradic

#C36F38 #47C338 #388CC3 #B538C3

square

#C36F38 #47C338 #388CC3 #B538C3

split-complementary

#C36F38 #38C3B5 #3847C3

monochromatic

#64391D #93542A #C36F38 #D39165 #E1B395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#C36F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#C36F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C36F38

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C36F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C36F38	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D55E63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c36f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 111, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.127 51.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9971',
    500: '#c36f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c36f38;
$custom-light: #db9971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c36f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.741,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62568,
    "c": 0.12692,
    "h": 51.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C36F38

secondary

#8BB2CC

accent

#A4DF49

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C36F38

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

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