#C0742C#C0742C

#C0742C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.127 H 59.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0742C
RGB	rgb(192, 116, 44)
HSL	hsl(29, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(29, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.6%, 77.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.97, 24.22, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.97, 55.72, 64.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% 0.0638 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.127 59.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4406, 23.8820, 5.4943)
Luminance	0.2388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0742C #2C78C0

analogous

#C02C2E #C0742C #C0BE2C

triadic

#C0742C #2CC074 #742CC0

tetradic

#C0742C #2EC02C #2C78C0 #BE2CC0

square

#C0742C #2EC02C #2C78C0 #BE2CC0

split-complementary

#C0742C #2CC0BE #2C2EC0

monochromatic

#5C3815 #8E5621 #C0742C #D79352 #E3B284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#C0742C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#C0742C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C0742C

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0742C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0742C	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7C22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D26365

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0742c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 116, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.127 59.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99c6a',
    500: '#c0742c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0742c;
$custom-light: #d99c6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0742c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.189,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62936,
    "c": 0.12726,
    "h": 59.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0742C

secondary

#7CA5CC

accent

#96E642

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0742C

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

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