#C3842C#C3842C

#C3842C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.126 H 70.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3842C
RGB	rgb(195, 132, 44)
HSL	hsl(35, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 77.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.15, 16.73, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.15, 56.87, 72.89°)
OKLab	oklab(66.26% 0.0416 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(66.26% 0.126 70.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2139, 28.2893, 6.1989)
Luminance	0.2829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3842C #2C6BC3

analogous

#C3392C #C3842C #B7C32C

triadic

#C3842C #2CC384 #842CC3

tetradic

#C3842C #2CC339 #2C6BC3 #C32CB7

square

#C3842C #2CC339 #2C6BC3 #C32CB7

split-complementary

#C3842C #2CB7C3 #392CC3

monochromatic

#5F4015 #916221 #C3842C #D8A154 #E4BC86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#C3842C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#C3842C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C3842C

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3842C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3842C	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99881E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3842c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 132, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.126 70.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daa76b',
    500: '#c3842c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3842c;
$custom-light: #daa76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3842c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.967,
    "s": 63.18,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6626,
    "c": 0.12594,
    "h": 70.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3842C

secondary

#7E9FCD

accent

#86E642

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3842C

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

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