#C0842C#C0842C

#C0842C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.124 H 72.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0842C
RGB	rgb(192, 132, 44)
HSL	hsl(36, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(36, 77%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31.2%, 77.1%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.79, 15.42, 53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.79, 56.05, 74.03°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% 0.0379 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.124 72.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4464, 27.8935, 6.1629)
Luminance	0.2789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0842C #2C68C0

analogous

#C03A2C #C0842C #B2C02C

triadic

#C0842C #2CC084 #842CC0

tetradic

#C0842C #2CC03A #2C68C0 #C02CB2

square

#C0842C #2CC03A #2C68C0 #C02CB2

split-complementary

#C0842C #2CB2C0 #3A2CC0

monochromatic

#5C4015 #8E6221 #C0842C #D7A152 #E3BC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#C0842C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#C0842C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C0842C

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0842C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C0842C	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)

#99881F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7962F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D17572

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0842c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 132, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.124 72.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8a76b',
    500: '#c0842c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0842c;
$custom-light: #d8a76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0842c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.676,
    "s": 62.712,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65904,
    "c": 0.12399,
    "h": 72.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0842C

secondary

#7C9CCC

accent

#84E642

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0842C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →