#C4603A#C4603A

#C4603A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.138 H 40.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4603A
RGB	rgb(196, 96, 58)
HSL	hsl(17, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(17, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51%, 70.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.30, 37.17, 39.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.30, 54.35, 46.86°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% 0.1048 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.138 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.7141, 20.4104, 6.4823)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4603A #3A9EC4

analogous

#C43A59 #C4603A #C4A53A

triadic

#C4603A #3AC460 #603AC4

tetradic

#C4603A #59C43A #3A9EC4 #A53AC4

square

#C4603A #59C43A #3A9EC4 #A53AC4

split-complementary

#C4603A #3AC4A5 #3A59C4

monochromatic

#66321E #95492C #C4603A #D38669 #E0AC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#C4603A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#C4603A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4603A

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4603A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4603A	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938538

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74C57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4603a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 96, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.138 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8f72',
    500: '#c4603a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4603a;
$custom-light: #dc8f72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4603a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.522,
    "s": 54.331,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60274,
    "c": 0.13836,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4603A

secondary

#8EBBCC

accent

#B5DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4603A

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

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