#C37538#C37538

#C37538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.124 H 56.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C37538
RGB	rgb(195, 117, 56)
HSL	hsl(26, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(26, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40%, 71.3%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.70, 25.50, 45.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.70, 52.14, 60.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% 0.0692 0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.124 56)
XYZ	xyz(29.5832, 24.6132, 6.9335)
Luminance	0.2461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C37538 #3886C3

analogous

#C33841 #C37538 #C3BB38

triadic

#C37538 #38C375 #7538C3

tetradic

#C37538 #41C338 #3886C3 #BB38C3

square

#C37538 #41C338 #3886C3 #BB38C3

split-complementary

#C37538 #38C3BB #3841C3

monochromatic

#643C1D #93582A #C37538 #D39565 #E1B695

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#C37538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#C37538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C37538

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C37538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C37538	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D56468

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c37538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 117, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.124 56.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9d71',
    500: '#c37538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c37538;
$custom-light: #db9d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c37538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.331,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63614,
    "c": 0.12367,
    "h": 56
  },
  "luminance": 0.2461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C37538

secondary

#8BAFCC

accent

#9DDF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C37538

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

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