#C86235#C86235

#C86235 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.143 H 43.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C86235
RGB	rgb(200, 98, 53)
HSL	hsl(18, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(18, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51%, 73.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.25, 37.47, 43.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.25, 57.39, 49.24°)
OKLab	oklab(61.1% 0.1045 0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(61.1% 0.143 43)
XYZ	xyz(28.8324, 21.2753, 5.9557)
Luminance	0.2127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C86235 #359BC8

analogous

#C83552 #C86235 #C8AB35

triadic

#C86235 #35C862 #6235C8

tetradic

#C86235 #52C835 #359BC8 #AB35C8

square

#C86235 #52C835 #359BC8 #AB35C8

split-complementary

#C86235 #35C8AB #3552C8

monochromatic

#67331B #984A28 #C86235 #D68764 #E3AD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#C86235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#C86235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C86235

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C86235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C86235	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978833

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c86235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 98, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.143 43.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df916e',
    500: '#c86235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c86235;
$custom-light: #df916e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c86235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.367,
    "s": 58.103,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61103,
    "c": 0.14281,
    "h": 43
  },
  "luminance": 0.21272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C86235

secondary

#8BB9CE

accent

#B2E146

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF1EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170D07

muted

#857E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C86235

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

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