#C3901B#C3901B

#C3901B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.134 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3901B
RGB	rgb(195, 144, 27)
HSL	hsl(42, 76%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(42, 86%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.2%, 86.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.04, 9.61, 62.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.04, 63.43, 81.29°)
OKLab	oklab(68.49% 0.0192 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(68.49% 0.134 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.6791, 31.6304, 5.4208)
Luminance	0.3163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3901B #1B4EC3

analogous

#C33C1B #C3901B #A2C31B

triadic

#C3901B #1BC390 #901BC3

tetradic

#C3901B #1BC33C #1B4EC3 #C31BA2

square

#C3901B #1BC33C #1B4EC3 #C31BA2

split-complementary

#C3901B #1BA2C3 #3C1BC3

monochromatic

#57410C #8D6814 #C3901B #E3AF38 #EBC56E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#C3901B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#C3901B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3901B

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3901B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3901B	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4817B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3901b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 144, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.134 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb065',
    500: '#c3901b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3901b;
$custom-light: #dbb065;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3901b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.786,
    "s": 75.676,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68487,
    "c": 0.13445,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3901B

secondary

#6988D1

accent

#6FF236

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161006

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3901B

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

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