#C28C21#C28C21

#C28C21 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.131 H 78.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C28C21
RGB	rgb(194, 140, 33)
HSL	hsl(40, 71%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 83%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 83%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.94, 11.52, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.94, 61.04, 79.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% 0.0253 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.131 78.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.9031, 30.3379, 5.6141)
Luminance	0.3034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C28C21 #2157C2

analogous

#C23C21 #C28C21 #A8C221

triadic

#C28C21 #21C28C #8C21C2

tetradic

#C28C21 #21C23C #2157C2 #C221A8

square

#C28C21 #21C23C #2157C2 #C221A8

split-complementary

#C28C21 #21A8C2 #3C21C2

monochromatic

#59410F #8E6618 #C28C21 #DFAA41 #E8C176

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#C28C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#C28C21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C28C21

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C28C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C28C21	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18E04

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D37D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c28c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 140, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.131 78.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daad67',
    500: '#c28c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c28c21;
$custom-light: #daad67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c28c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.876,
    "s": 70.925,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67616,
    "c": 0.13091,
    "h": 78.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C28C21

secondary

#7090CF

accent

#76EE3A

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161006

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C28C21

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

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