#C4603E#C4603E

#C4603E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.137 H 39.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4603E
RGB	rgb(196, 96, 62)
HSL	hsl(15, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(15, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.35, 37.39, 37.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.35, 53.00, 45.14°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% 0.1062 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.137 39.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8199, 20.4526, 7.0392)
Luminance	0.2045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4603E #3EA2C4

analogous

#C43E5F #C4603E #C4A33E

triadic

#C4603E #3EC460 #603EC4

tetradic

#C4603E #5FC43E #3EA2C4 #A33EC4

square

#C4603E #5FC43E #3EA2C4 #A33EC4

split-complementary

#C4603E #3EC4A3 #3E5FC4

monochromatic

#683220 #97492E #C4603E #D2876D #E1AD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#C4603E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#C4603E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4603E

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4603E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4603E	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)

#7B6F3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4603e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 96, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.137 39.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8f74',
    500: '#c4603e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4603e;
$custom-light: #dc8f74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4603e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.224,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60325,
    "c": 0.13695,
    "h": 39.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4603E

secondary

#91BECD

accent

#B8DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FCF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4603E

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

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