#C28A42#C28A42

#C28A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.112 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C28A42
RGB	rgb(194, 138, 66)
HSL	hsl(34, 51%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(34, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 66%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.69, 14.13, 46.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.69, 48.15, 72.94°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% 0.037 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.112 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.3221, 30.0422, 9.2496)
Luminance	0.3004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C28A42 #427AC2

analogous

#C24A42 #C28A42 #BAC242

triadic

#C28A42 #42C28A #8A42C2

tetradic

#C28A42 #42C24A #427AC2 #C242BA

square

#C28A42 #42C24A #427AC2 #C242BA

split-complementary

#C28A42 #42BAC2 #4A42C2

monochromatic

#684922 #966A31 #C28A42 #D1A770 #E0C39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#C28A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#C28A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C28A42

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C28A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C28A42	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8D3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D37C7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c28a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 138, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.112 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ac79',
    500: '#c28a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c28a42;
$custom-light: #d8ac79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c28a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.75,
    "s": 51.2,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67495,
    "c": 0.11172,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C28A42

secondary

#94ACCC

accent

#8BDB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C28A42

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

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