#C36F40#C36F40

#C36F40 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.123 H 48.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C36F40
RGB	rgb(195, 111, 64)
HSL	hsl(22, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(22, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.1%, 67.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.43, 29.20, 40.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.43, 49.53, 53.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% 0.0817 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.123 48.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1179, 23.3442, 7.8219)
Luminance	0.2334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C36F40 #4094C3

analogous

#C34052 #C36F40 #C3B040

triadic

#C36F40 #40C36F #6F40C3

tetradic

#C36F40 #52C340 #4094C3 #B040C3

square

#C36F40 #52C340 #4094C3 #B040C3

split-complementary

#C36F40 #40C3B0 #4052C3

monochromatic

#683A21 #97542F #C36F40 #D2926F #E0B59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#C36F40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#C36F40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C36F40

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C36F40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C36F40	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86793B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8C3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D55E64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c36f40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 111, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.123 48.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da9976',
    500: '#c36f40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c36f40;
$custom-light: #da9976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c36f40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.527,
    "s": 52.191,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62662,
    "c": 0.12309,
    "h": 48.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C36F40

secondary

#92B8CC

accent

#A8DC4C

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C36F40

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

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