#C0842A#C0842A

#C0842A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.125 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0842A
RGB	rgb(192, 132, 42)
HSL	hsl(36, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 78%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 78.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.78, 15.34, 54.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.78, 56.79, 74.33°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% 0.0375 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.125 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4097, 27.8788, 5.9696)
Luminance	0.2788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0842A #2A66C0

analogous

#C0392A #C0842A #B1C02A

triadic

#C0842A #2AC084 #842AC0

tetradic

#C0842A #2AC039 #2A66C0 #C02AB1

square

#C0842A #2AC039 #2A66C0 #C02AB1

split-complementary

#C0842A #2AB1C0 #392AC0

monochromatic

#5C3F14 #8E611F #C0842A #D8A14F #E3BC81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#C0842A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#C0842A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C0842A

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0842A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0842A	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99871B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D17572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0842a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 132, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.125 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8a76a',
    500: '#c0842a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0842a;
$custom-light: #d8a76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0842a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65889,
    "c": 0.12501,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0842A

secondary

#7A9BCC

accent

#83E741

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0842A

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

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