#C27256#C27256

#C27256 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.109 H 40.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C27256
RGB	rgb(194, 114, 86)
HSL	hsl(16, 47%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(16, 56%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.2%, 55.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, 28.74, 29.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 40.83, 45.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% 0.0838 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.109 40)
XYZ	xyz(29.9472, 24.1787, 11.8921)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C27256 #56A6C2

analogous

#C25670 #C27256 #C2A856

triadic

#C27256 #56C272 #7256C2

tetradic

#C27256 #70C256 #56A6C2 #A856C2

square

#C27256 #70C256 #56A6C2 #A856C2

split-complementary

#C27256 #56C2A8 #5670C2

monochromatic

#743D2A #A1553A #C27256 #D29883 #E2BDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#C27256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#C27256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C27256

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C27256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C27256	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#867C54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A8E55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2646B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c27256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 114, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.109 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d89b86',
    500: '#c27256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c27256;
$custom-light: #d89b86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c27256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.556,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63378,
    "c": 0.10932,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.24176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C27256

secondary

#A3C5D1

accent

#B4D751

background

#FDF9F8

surface

#FBF2EF

border

#D4CCCA

text

#150E0B

muted

#837E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #C27256

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

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