#C28E40#C28E40

#C28E40 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.113 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C28E40
RGB	rgb(194, 142, 64)
HSL	hsl(36, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(36, 67%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.8%, 67%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.67, 11.81, 48.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.67, 49.49, 76.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% 0.0299 0.1094)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.113 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8486, 31.1880, 9.1393)
Luminance	0.3119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C28E40 #4074C2

analogous

#C24D40 #C28E40 #B5C240

triadic

#C28E40 #40C28E #8E40C2

tetradic

#C28E40 #40C24D #4074C2 #C240B5

square

#C28E40 #40C24D #4074C2 #C240B5

split-complementary

#C28E40 #40B5C2 #4D40C2

monochromatic

#674B21 #956D30 #C28E40 #D1A96E #E0C59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#C28E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#C28E40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C28E40

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C28E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C28E40	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A19037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D2807D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c28e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 142, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.113 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8af78',
    500: '#c28e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c28e40;
$custom-light: #d8af78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c28e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 51.587,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6825,
    "c": 0.11345,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C28E40

secondary

#92A9CC

accent

#86DB4D

background

#FDFAF7

surface

#FBF4ED

border

#D4CEC8

text

#151009

muted

#837F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C28E40

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

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