#C4603B#C4603B

#C4603B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.138 H 40.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4603B
RGB	rgb(196, 96, 59)
HSL	hsl(16, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(16, 70%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51%, 69.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.31, 37.22, 39.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.31, 54.01, 46.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.29% 0.1052 0.0894)
OKLCH	oklch(60.29% 0.138 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.7398, 20.4206, 6.6176)
Luminance	0.2042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4603B #3B9FC4

analogous

#C43B5B #C4603B #C4A43B

triadic

#C4603B #3BC460 #603BC4

tetradic

#C4603B #5BC43B #3B9FC4 #A43BC4

square

#C4603B #5BC43B #3B9FC4 #A43BC4

split-complementary

#C4603B #3BC4A4 #3B5BC4

monochromatic

#66321F #95492D #C4603B #D2866A #E0AC99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#C4603B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#C4603B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4603B

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4603B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4603B	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)

#7B6F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4603b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 96, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.138 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8f72',
    500: '#c4603b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4603b;
$custom-light: #dc8f72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4603b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.204,
    "s": 53.725,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60287,
    "c": 0.13801,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4603B

secondary

#8FBCCC

accent

#B6DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4603B

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

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