#C28E23#C28E23

#C28E23 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.130 H 80.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C28E23
RGB	rgb(194, 142, 35)
HSL	hsl(40, 69%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(40, 82%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 82%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.46, 10.48, 59.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.46, 60.65, 80.05°)
OKLab	oklab(68.02% 0.0225 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(68.02% 0.13 80.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.2268, 30.9393, 5.8644)
Luminance	0.3094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C28E23 #2357C2

analogous

#C23E23 #C28E23 #A7C223

triadic

#C28E23 #23C28E #8E23C2

tetradic

#C28E23 #23C23E #2357C2 #C223A7

square

#C28E23 #23C23E #2357C2 #C223A7

split-complementary

#C28E23 #23A7C2 #3E23C2

monochromatic

#5A4210 #8E681A #C28E23 #DDAB45 #E7C379

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#C28E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#C28E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C28E23

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C28E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C28E23	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D37F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c28e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 142, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.130 80.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daae68',
    500: '#c28e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c28e23;
$custom-light: #daae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c28e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.377,
    "s": 69.432,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68019,
    "c": 0.13042,
    "h": 80.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C28E23

secondary

#7290CE

accent

#75EC3C

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#161007

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C28E23

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

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