#C37A42#C37A42

#C37A42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.116 H 56.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C37A42
RGB	rgb(195, 122, 66)
HSL	hsl(26, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(26, 66%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.4%, 66.2%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, 23.34, 41.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 47.93, 60.86°)
OKLab	oklab(64.62% 0.0643 0.0964)
OKLCH	oklch(64.62% 0.116 56.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4509, 25.9174, 8.5521)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C37A42 #428BC3

analogous

#C3424A #C37A42 #C3BB42

triadic

#C37A42 #42C37A #7A42C3

tetradic

#C37A42 #4AC342 #428BC3 #BB42C3

square

#C37A42 #4AC342 #428BC3 #BB42C3

split-complementary

#C37A42 #42C3BB #424AC3

monochromatic

#694121 #985D30 #C37A42 #D29B70 #E0BB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#C37A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#C37A42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C37A42

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C37A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C37A42	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90813C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D46B6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c37a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 122, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.116 56.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daa178',
    500: '#c37a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c37a42;
$custom-light: #daa178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c37a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 122,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.047,
    "s": 51.807,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64623,
    "c": 0.11592,
    "h": 56.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C37A42

secondary

#94B4CD

accent

#9DDB4D

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C37A42

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

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