#C8603D#C8603D

#C8603D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.142 H 38.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8603D
RGB	rgb(200, 96, 61)
HSL	hsl(15, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(15, 70%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 69.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, 38.89, 38.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 55.03, 45.04°)
OKLab	oklab(60.89% 0.1103 0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(60.89% 0.142 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8473, 20.9856, 6.9455)
Luminance	0.2098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8603D #3DA5C8

analogous

#C83D5F #C8603D #C8A53D

triadic

#C8603D #3DC860 #603DC8

tetradic

#C8603D #5FC83D #3DA5C8 #A53DC8

square

#C8603D #5FC83D #3DA5C8 #A53DC8

split-complementary

#C8603D #3DC8A5 #3D5FC8

monochromatic

#6C321F #9C482C #C8603D #D6876D #E3AE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#C8603D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#C8603D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8603D

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8603D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8603D	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95873B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4B58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8603d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 96, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.142 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8f74',
    500: '#c8603d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8603d;
$custom-light: #df8f74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8603d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 96,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.108,
    "s": 55.823,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6089,
    "c": 0.14175,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8603D

secondary

#92C0CF

accent

#B9DF49

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8603D

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

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