#C27442#C27442

#C27442 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.118 H 51.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C27442
RGB	rgb(194, 116, 66)
HSL	hsl(23, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(23, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.2%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, 26.20, 40.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 47.89, 56.84°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% 0.073 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.118 51.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4792, 24.3564, 8.3020)
Luminance	0.2435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C27442 #4290C2

analogous

#C24250 #C27442 #C2B442

triadic

#C27442 #42C274 #7442C2

tetradic

#C27442 #50C242 #4290C2 #B442C2

square

#C27442 #50C242 #4290C2 #B442C2

split-complementary

#C27442 #42C2B4 #4250C2

monochromatic

#683D22 #965831 #C27442 #D19670 #E0B89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#C27442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#C27442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C27442

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C27442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C27442	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D36469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c27442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 116, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.118 51.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99c78',
    500: '#c27442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c27442;
$custom-light: #d99c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c27442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.437,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63425,
    "c": 0.11794,
    "h": 51.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C27442

secondary

#94B6CC

accent

#A3DB4D

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C27442

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

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