#C35708

sRGB · 195 / 87 / 8

#C35708 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 195 red, 87 green and 8 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 25.3° lands in the orange region. Its 92.1% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 39.8% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, black has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (4.69:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 195, 87, 8
HSL: 25.35°, 92.12%, 39.80%
HSV / HSB: 25.35°, 95.90%, 76.47%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 55.38%, 95.90%, 23.53%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 25.957, 18.438, 2.422
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 50.023, 39.816, 57.591
WCAG relative luminance: 0.18436
24-bit decimal: 12801800

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #C35708 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 4.69:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

White text · 4.48:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#0874C3 sits half a turn (180°) from #C35708 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#C35708 #0874C3

Analogous

#C30816 and #C3B508 sit 30° to either side of #C35708. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#C30816 #C35708 #C3B508

Triadic

#C35708, #08C357 and #5708C3 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#C35708 #08C357 #5708C3

Split complementary

Start at #C35708 and look across the wheel. #08C3B5 and #0816C3 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#C35708 #08C3B5 #0816C3

Square

Starting with #C35708, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #16C308, #0874C3, then #B508C3. Across the square, #C35708 pairs with #0874C3, and #16C308 with #B508C3.

#C35708 #16C308 #0874C3 #B508C3

Tetradic

#C35708 and #0874C3 are opposites, as are #74C308 and #5708C3. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#C35708 #74C308 #0874C3 #5708C3

Tints

Mixing #C35708 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #CF7939, keeps 80% of the original. By #F3DDCE, the mixture is 80% white.

#C35708 #CF7939 #DB9A6B #E7BC9C #F3DDCE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #C35708 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9C4606, keeps 80% of the original. By #271102, the mixture is 80% black.

#C35708 #9C4606 #753405 #4E2303 #271102 #000000

Tones

Mixing #C35708 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B65F20, keeps 80% of the original. By #8D7868, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#C35708 #B65F20 #A86738 #9B7050 #8D7868 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#C35708

RGB

rgb(195 87 8)

HSL

hsl(25.348 92.118% 39.804%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #C35708;
  color: #000000;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#C35708 uses 195 red, 87 green and 8 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 76.5%

Green 34.1%

Blue 3.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #C35708 is 0.0% cyan, 55.4% magenta, 95.9% yellow and 23.5% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 55.4%

Yellow 95.9%

Black 23.5%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #BB5500. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #B50 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #C35708 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC6600, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #BB5500 Nearest web-safe · #CC6600

Gradient to complement

#C35708 #A45C27 #856146 #666666 #466A85 #276FA4 #0874C3

Color vision previews

Compare how #C35708 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#776800

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#918000

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#D73D4A

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#986500

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#A17400

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C55430

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#777777

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#A36856

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.54572 G 0.09531 B 0.00243

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.71234 G 0.36598 B 0.14480

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.46576 G 0.11026 B 0.01843

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.554 y 0.394 Y 18.438

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 23.529 M % 65.882 Y % 96.863

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11000011 01010111 00001000