#C3873B#C3873B

#C3873B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.117 H 69.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3873B
RGB	rgb(195, 135, 59)
HSL	hsl(34, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(34, 70%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.8%, 69.7%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, 15.80, 48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 51.15, 72.01°)
OKLab	oklab(66.96% 0.0409 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(66.96% 0.117 69.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9613, 29.2485, 8.0991)
Luminance	0.2925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3873B #3B77C3

analogous

#C3433B #C3873B #BBC33B

triadic

#C3873B #3BC387 #873BC3

tetradic

#C3873B #3BC343 #3B77C3 #C33BBB

square

#C3873B #3BC343 #3B77C3 #C33BBB

split-complementary

#C3873B #3BBBC3 #433BC3

monochromatic

#65461F #94662D #C3873B #D2A469 #E0C098

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#C3873B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#C3873B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C3873B

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3873B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3873B	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D47877

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3873b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 135, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.117 69.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daaa75',
    500: '#c3873b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3873b;
$custom-light: #daaa75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3873b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.529,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66961,
    "c": 0.11716,
    "h": 69.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3873B

secondary

#8EA9CC

accent

#8BDD4B

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF4ED

border

#D5CEC8

text

#151008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3873B

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

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