#C3842D#C3842D

#C3842D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.125 H 70.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3842D
RGB	rgb(195, 132, 45)
HSL	hsl(35, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 76.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.16, 16.78, 53.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.16, 56.50, 72.73°)
OKLab	oklab(66.27% 0.0418 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(66.27% 0.125 70.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2330, 28.2969, 6.2990)
Luminance	0.2829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3842D #2D6CC3

analogous

#C3392D #C3842D #B7C32D

triadic

#C3842D #2DC384 #842DC3

tetradic

#C3842D #2DC339 #2D6CC3 #C32DB7

square

#C3842D #2DC339 #2D6CC3 #C32DB7

split-complementary

#C3842D #2DB7C3 #392DC3

monochromatic

#604116 #916222 #C3842D #D8A155 #E3BD87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#C3842D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#C3842D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C3842D

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3842D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3842D	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)

#998820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8972F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D57473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3842d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 132, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.125 70.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#daa76c',
    500: '#c3842d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3842d;
$custom-light: #daa76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3842d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.8,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66267,
    "c": 0.12542,
    "h": 70.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3842D

secondary

#7FA0CD

accent

#87E642

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3842D

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

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