#C27231#C27231

#C27231 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.128 H 56.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C27231
RGB	rgb(194, 114, 49)
HSL	hsl(27, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(27, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.2%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.82, 26.37, 47.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.82, 54.63, 61.14°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% 0.0708 0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.128 56.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8223, 23.7288, 5.9674)
Luminance	0.2373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C27231 #3181C2

analogous

#C23138 #C27231 #C2BB31

triadic

#C27231 #31C272 #7231C2

tetradic

#C27231 #38C231 #3181C2 #BB31C2

square

#C27231 #38C231 #3181C2 #BB31C2

split-complementary

#C27231 #31C2BB #3138C2

monochromatic

#603918 #915525 #C27231 #D6925B #E2B28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#C27231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#C27231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C27231

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C27231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C27231	1.00	3.66	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7B29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D46164

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c27231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 114, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.128 56.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da9b6d',
    500: '#c27231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c27231;
$custom-light: #da9b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c27231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.897,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62886,
    "c": 0.12761,
    "h": 56.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C27231

secondary

#83ABCC

accent

#9CE345

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FCF2EC

border

#D5CCC7

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C27231

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

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