#C28E31#C28E31

#C28E31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.123 H 78.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C28E31
RGB	rgb(194, 142, 49)
HSL	hsl(38, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(38, 75%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 74.7%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.54, 11.02, 54.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.54, 55.69, 78.59°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% 0.0256 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.123 78)
XYZ	xyz(32.4777, 31.0397, 7.1859)
Luminance	0.3104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C28E31 #3165C2

analogous

#C24631 #C28E31 #ADC231

triadic

#C28E31 #31C28E #8E31C2

tetradic

#C28E31 #31C246 #3165C2 #C231AD

square

#C28E31 #31C246 #3165C2 #C231AD

split-complementary

#C28E31 #31ADC2 #4631C2

monochromatic

#604618 #916A25 #C28E31 #D6A95B #E2C38C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#C28E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#C28E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C28E31

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C28E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C28E31	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A29023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D37F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c28e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 142, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.123 78.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d9ae6f',
    500: '#c28e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c28e31;
$custom-light: #d9ae6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c28e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.483,
    "s": 59.671,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68113,
    "c": 0.12323,
    "h": 78
  },
  "luminance": 0.31037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C28E31

secondary

#839DCC

accent

#7EE345

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#161008

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C28E31

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

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