#C27542#C27542

#C27542 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.117 H 52.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C27542
RGB	rgb(194, 117, 66)
HSL	hsl(24, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(24, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.7%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.67, 25.65, 40.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.67, 47.82, 57.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% 0.0714 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.117 52.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5951, 24.5882, 8.3406)
Luminance	0.2459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C27542 #428FC2

analogous

#C2424F #C27542 #C2B542

triadic

#C27542 #42C275 #7542C2

tetradic

#C27542 #4FC242 #428FC2 #B542C2

square

#C27542 #4FC242 #428FC2 #B542C2

split-complementary

#C27542 #42C2B5 #424FC2

monochromatic

#683E22 #965931 #C27542 #D19770 #E0B99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#C27542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#C27542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C27542

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C27542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C27542	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D36569

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c27542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 117, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.117 52.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d99d78',
    500: '#c27542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c27542;
$custom-light: #d99d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c27542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.906,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63601,
    "c": 0.11739,
    "h": 52.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C27542

secondary

#94B6CC

accent

#A2DB4D

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C27542

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

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