#C86837#C86837

#C86837 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.137 H 45.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C86837
RGB	rgb(200, 104, 55)
HSL	hsl(20, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(20, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 48%, 72.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.51, 34.46, 43.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.51, 55.74, 51.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% 0.0957 0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.137 45.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4620, 22.4593, 6.3973)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C86837 #3797C8

analogous

#C8374E #C86837 #C8B137

triadic

#C86837 #37C868 #6837C8

tetradic

#C86837 #4EC837 #3797C8 #B137C8

square

#C86837 #4EC837 #3797C8 #B137C8

split-complementary

#C86837 #37C8B1 #374EC8

monochromatic

#68361D #984F2A #C86837 #D58C67 #E2B097

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#C86837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#C86837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C86837

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C86837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C86837	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#837531

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8B35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB545D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c86837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 104, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.137 45.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9470',
    500: '#c86837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c86837;
$custom-light: #df9470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c86837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 104,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.276,
    "s": 56.863,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62073,
    "c": 0.13731,
    "h": 45.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C86837

secondary

#8DB8CE

accent

#ADE048

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160D07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C86837

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

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