#C27042#C27042

#C27042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.120 H 48.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C27042
RGB	rgb(194, 112, 66)
HSL	hsl(22, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(22, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, 28.37, 39.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 48.26, 54.00°)
OKLab	oklab(62.73% 0.0796 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(62.73% 0.12 48.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0280, 23.4540, 8.1516)
Luminance	0.2345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C27042 #4294C2

analogous

#C24254 #C27042 #C2B042

triadic

#C27042 #42C270 #7042C2

tetradic

#C27042 #54C242 #4294C2 #B042C2

square

#C27042 #54C242 #4294C2 #B042C2

split-complementary

#C27042 #42C2B0 #4254C2

monochromatic

#683B22 #965531 #C27042 #D19370 #E0B69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#C27042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#C27042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C27042

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C27042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C27042	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D46065

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c27042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 112, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.120 48.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99a78',
    500: '#c27042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c27042;
$custom-light: #d99a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c27042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.562,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62727,
    "c": 0.1204,
    "h": 48.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C27042

secondary

#94B8CC

accent

#A8DB4D

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C27042

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

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