#C28A28#C28A28

#C28A28 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.298; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.127 H 76.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C28A28
RGB	rgb(194, 138, 40)
HSL	hsl(38, 66%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(38, 79%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 79.4%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.48, 12.85, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.48, 58.54, 77.32°)
OKLab	oklab(67.27% 0.0298 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(67.27% 0.127 76.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7219, 29.8022, 6.0888)
Luminance	0.2980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C28A28 #2860C2

analogous

#C23D28 #C28A28 #ADC228

triadic

#C28A28 #28C28A #8A28C2

tetradic

#C28A28 #28C23D #2860C2 #C228AD

square

#C28A28 #28C23D #2860C2 #C228AD

split-complementary

#C28A28 #28ADC2 #3D28C2

monochromatic

#5D4213 #8F661E #C28A28 #DAA74D #E5C080

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.02

#C28A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.96

#C28A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C28A28

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C28A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C28A28	1.00	3.02	6.96	6.96
#FFFFFF	3.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D37B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c28a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 138, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.127 76.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daac6a',
    500: '#c28a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c28a28;
$custom-light: #daac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c28a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 65.812,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67267,
    "c": 0.12747,
    "h": 76.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C28A28

secondary

#7897CD

accent

#7DE93F

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C28A28

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

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