#C27342#C27342

#C27342 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.119 H 51.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C27342
RGB	rgb(194, 115, 66)
HSL	hsl(23, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(23, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.7%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, 26.74, 39.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 47.97, 56.12°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% 0.0746 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.119 51)
XYZ	xyz(29.3645, 24.1271, 8.2637)
Luminance	0.2412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C27342 #4291C2

analogous

#C24251 #C27342 #C2B342

triadic

#C27342 #42C273 #7342C2

tetradic

#C27342 #51C242 #4291C2 #B342C2

square

#C27342 #51C242 #4291C2 #B342C2

split-complementary

#C27342 #42C2B3 #4251C2

monochromatic

#683D22 #965731 #C27342 #D19570 #E0B89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#C27342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.82

#C27342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C27342

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C27342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C27342	1.00	3.61	5.82	5.82
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D36368

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c27342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 115, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.119 51.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99c78',
    500: '#c27342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c27342;
$custom-light: #d99c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c27342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.969,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63249,
    "c": 0.11852,
    "h": 51
  },
  "luminance": 0.24124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C27342

secondary

#94B7CC

accent

#A4DB4D

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C27342

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

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