#C27242#C27242

#C27242 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.119 H 50.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C27242
RGB	rgb(194, 114, 66)
HSL	hsl(23, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(23, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.2%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, 27.28, 39.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 48.06, 55.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% 0.0763 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.119 50.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2511, 23.9003, 8.2259)
Luminance	0.2390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C27242 #4292C2

analogous

#C24252 #C27242 #C2B242

triadic

#C27242 #42C272 #7242C2

tetradic

#C27242 #52C242 #4292C2 #B242C2

square

#C27242 #52C242 #4292C2 #B242C2

split-complementary

#C27242 #42C2B2 #4252C2

monochromatic

#683C22 #965731 #C27242 #D19570 #E0B79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#C27242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#C27242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C27242

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C27242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C27242	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#887B3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D36267

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c27242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 114, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.119 50.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99b78',
    500: '#c27242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c27242;
$custom-light: #d99b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c27242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63074,
    "c": 0.11912,
    "h": 50.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C27242

secondary

#94B7CC

accent

#A6DB4D

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C27242

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

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