#C3942A#C3942A

#C3942A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.129 H 83.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3942A
RGB	rgb(195, 148, 42)
HSL	hsl(42, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(42, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.1%, 78.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.12, 7.89, 58.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.12, 59.38, 82.36°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% 0.0157 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.129 83)
XYZ	xyz(33.5157, 32.9516, 6.7851)
Luminance	0.3295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3942A #2A59C3

analogous

#C3482A #C3942A #A6C32A

triadic

#C3942A #2AC394 #942AC3

tetradic

#C3942A #2AC348 #2A59C3 #C32AA6

square

#C3942A #2AC348 #2A59C3 #C32AA6

split-complementary

#C3942A #2AA6C3 #482AC3

monochromatic

#5E4814 #916E1F #C3942A #D9AF51 #E4C683

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#C3942A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#C3942A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C3942A

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3942A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3942A	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89416

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A02F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D48580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3942a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 148, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.129 83.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dab36c',
    500: '#c3942a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3942a;
$custom-light: #dab36c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3942a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.569,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69362,
    "c": 0.12903,
    "h": 83
  },
  "luminance": 0.32949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3942A

secondary

#7B95CD

accent

#74E840

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF5EC

border

#D5CFC7

text

#161107

muted

#84807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3942A

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

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