#C3852C#C3852C

#C3852C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.126 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3852C
RGB	rgb(195, 133, 44)
HSL	hsl(35, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.8%, 77.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.39, 16.19, 54.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.39, 56.93, 73.48°)
OKLab	oklab(66.45% 0.04 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(66.45% 0.126 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.3502, 28.5618, 6.2443)
Luminance	0.2856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3852C #2C6AC3

analogous

#C3392C #C3852C #B6C32C

triadic

#C3852C #2CC385 #852CC3

tetradic

#C3852C #2CC339 #2C6AC3 #C32CB6

square

#C3852C #2CC339 #2C6AC3 #C32CB6

split-complementary

#C3852C #2CB6C3 #392CC3

monochromatic

#5F4115 #916321 #C3852C #D8A254 #E4BD86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#C3852C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#C3852C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C3852C

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3852C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3852C	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A891E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9982F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57573

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3852c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 133, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.126 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daa86c',
    500: '#c3852c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3852c;
$custom-light: #daa86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3852c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.364,
    "s": 63.18,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6645,
    "c": 0.12589,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3852C

secondary

#7E9ECD

accent

#85E642

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3852C

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

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