#C27538#C27538

#C27538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.123 H 56.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C27538
RGB	rgb(194, 117, 56)
HSL	hsl(27, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(27, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.57, 25.08, 45.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.57, 51.77, 61.03°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% 0.0681 0.1021)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.123 56.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.3256, 24.4804, 6.9214)
Luminance	0.2448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C27538 #3885C2

analogous

#C23840 #C27538 #C2BA38

triadic

#C27538 #38C275 #7538C2

tetradic

#C27538 #40C238 #3885C2 #BA38C2

square

#C27538 #40C238 #3885C2 #BA38C2

split-complementary

#C27538 #38C2BA #3840C2

monochromatic

#633C1D #93582A #C27538 #D29565 #E0B694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#C27538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.90

#C27538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C27538

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C27538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C27538	1.00	3.56	5.90	5.90
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7D31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D46568

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c27538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 117, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.123 56.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da9d71',
    500: '#c27538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c27538;
$custom-light: #da9d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c27538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.522,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63485,
    "c": 0.12273,
    "h": 56.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C27538

secondary

#8AAFCB

accent

#9DDF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C27538

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

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