#C28D40#C28D40

#C28D40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.113 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C28D40
RGB	rgb(194, 141, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.3%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.42, 12.35, 47.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.42, 49.36, 75.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% 0.0315 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.113 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7005, 30.8918, 9.0899)
Luminance	0.3089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C28D40 #4075C2

analogous

#C24C40 #C28D40 #B6C240

triadic

#C28D40 #40C28D #8D40C2

tetradic

#C28D40 #40C24C #4075C2 #C240B6

square

#C28D40 #40C24C #4075C2 #C240B6

split-complementary

#C28D40 #40B6C2 #4C40C2

monochromatic

#674A21 #956C30 #C28D40 #D1A96E #E0C49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#C28D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#C28D40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C28D40

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C28D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C28D40	1.00	2.93	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08F38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D27F7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c28d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 141, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.113 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8ae78',
    500: '#c28d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c28d40;
$custom-light: #d8ae78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c28d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.538,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68055,
    "c": 0.11333,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C28D40

secondary

#92AACC

accent

#87DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C28D40

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

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