#C4702A#C4702A

#C4702A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.134 H 56.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4702A
RGB	rgb(196, 112, 42)
HSL	hsl(27, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(27, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 78.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.58, 28.00, 50.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.58, 58.05, 61.16°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% 0.0745 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.134 56.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.9796, 23.4945, 5.1988)
Luminance	0.2349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4702A #2A7EC4

analogous

#C42A31 #C4702A #C4BD2A

triadic

#C4702A #2AC470 #702AC4

tetradic

#C4702A #31C42A #2A7EC4 #BD2AC4

square

#C4702A #31C42A #2A7EC4 #BD2AC4

split-complementary

#C4702A #2AC4BD #2A31C4

monochromatic

#5F3614 #92531F #C4702A #DA8F51 #E5B084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#C4702A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#C4702A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4702A

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4702A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4702A	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D75E62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4702a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 112, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.134 56.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9a69',
    500: '#c4702a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4702a;
$custom-light: #dc9a69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4702a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.273,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62742,
    "c": 0.13354,
    "h": 56.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4702A

secondary

#7CA9CE

accent

#9CE840

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160E06

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4702A

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

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