#C3872C#C3872C

#C3872C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.291; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.126 H 73.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3872C
RGB	rgb(195, 135, 44)
HSL	hsl(36, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(36, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 77.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.88, 15.09, 55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.88, 57.08, 74.68°)
OKLab	oklab(66.83% 0.0368 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(66.83% 0.126 73)
XYZ	xyz(31.6266, 29.1147, 6.3364)
Luminance	0.2911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3872C #2C68C3

analogous

#C33C2C #C3872C #B4C32C

triadic

#C3872C #2CC387 #872CC3

tetradic

#C3872C #2CC33C #2C68C3 #C32CB4

square

#C3872C #2CC33C #2C68C3 #C32CB4

split-complementary

#C3872C #2CB4C3 #3C2CC3

monochromatic

#5F4215 #916421 #C3872C #D8A454 #E4BE86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.08

#C3872C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.82

#C3872C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C3872C

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3872C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3872C	1.00	3.08	6.82	6.82
#FFFFFF	3.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA992F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57875

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3872c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 135, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.126 73.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daa96c',
    500: '#c3872c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3872c;
$custom-light: #daa96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3872c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.159,
    "s": 63.18,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66832,
    "c": 0.12586,
    "h": 73
  },
  "luminance": 0.29112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3872C

secondary

#7E9DCD

accent

#83E642

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3872C

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

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