#C8603A#C8603A

#C8603A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.143 H 40.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8603A
RGB	rgb(200, 96, 58)
HSL	hsl(16, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(16, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 71%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.90, 38.73, 40.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.90, 56.04, 46.28°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% 0.1092 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.143 40.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.7687, 20.9541, 6.5318)
Luminance	0.2095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8603A #3AA2C8

analogous

#C83A5B #C8603A #C8A73A

triadic

#C8603A #3AC860 #603AC8

tetradic

#C8603A #5BC83A #3AA2C8 #A73AC8

square

#C8603A #5BC83A #3AA2C8 #A73AC8

split-complementary

#C8603A #3AC8A7 #3A5BC8

monochromatic

#6A321E #9A492B #C8603A #D5876A #E3AD9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#C8603A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#C8603A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8603A

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8603A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8603A	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#968738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8603a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 96, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.143 40.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8f72',
    500: '#c8603a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8603a;
$custom-light: #df8f72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8603a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.056,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60853,
    "c": 0.14277,
    "h": 40.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8603A

secondary

#8FBECE

accent

#B7E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160D08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8603A

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

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