#C4603D#C4603D

#C4603D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.137 H 39.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4603D
RGB	rgb(196, 96, 61)
HSL	hsl(16, 53%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(16, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51%, 68.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.33, 37.33, 38.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.33, 53.34, 45.58°)
OKLab	oklab(60.31% 0.1059 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(60.31% 0.137 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7927, 20.4418, 6.8961)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4603D #3DA1C4

analogous

#C43D5D #C4603D #C4A43D

triadic

#C4603D #3DC460 #603DC4

tetradic

#C4603D #5DC43D #3DA1C4 #A43DC4

square

#C4603D #5DC43D #3DA1C4 #A43DC4

split-complementary

#C4603D #3DC4A4 #3D5DC4

monochromatic

#67321F #96492E #C4603D #D2866C #E1AD9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#C4603D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#C4603D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4603D

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4603D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4603D	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4603d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 96, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.137 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8f74',
    500: '#c4603d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4603d;
$custom-light: #dc8f74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4603d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.556,
    "s": 53.36,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60312,
    "c": 0.1373,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4603D

secondary

#90BDCD

accent

#B7DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4603D

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

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