#C26540#C26540

#C26540 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.130 H 41.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C26540
RGB	rgb(194, 101, 64)
HSL	hsl(17, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(17, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 47.9%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.11, 34.11, 37.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.11, 50.55, 47.55°)
OKLab	oklab(60.86% 0.0967 0.0863)
OKLCH	oklch(60.86% 0.13 41.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.8296, 21.1500, 7.4663)
Luminance	0.2115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C26540 #409DC2

analogous

#C2405C #C26540 #C2A640

triadic

#C26540 #40C265 #6540C2

tetradic

#C26540 #5CC240 #409DC2 #A640C2

square

#C26540 #5CC240 #409DC2 #A640C2

split-complementary

#C26540 #40C2A6 #405CC2

monochromatic

#673521 #954D30 #C26540 #D18A6E #E0B09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#C26540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#C26540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C26540

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C26540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C26540	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E723C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#95873E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D4535C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c26540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 101, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.130 41.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da9276',
    500: '#c26540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c26540;
$custom-light: #da9276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c26540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.077,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6086,
    "c": 0.1296,
    "h": 41.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C26540

secondary

#92BBCC

accent

#B3DB4D

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C26540

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

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