#C4702B#C4702B

#C4702B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.133 H 55.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4702B
RGB	rgb(196, 112, 43)
HSL	hsl(27, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(27, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, 28.04, 50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 57.70, 60.92°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% 0.0748 0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.133 55.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9977, 23.5017, 5.2942)
Luminance	0.2350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4702B #2B7FC4

analogous

#C42B32 #C4702B #C4BD2B

triadic

#C4702B #2BC470 #702BC4

tetradic

#C4702B #32C42B #2B7FC4 #BD2BC4

square

#C4702B #32C42B #2B7FC4 #BD2BC4

split-complementary

#C4702B #2BC4BD #2B32C4

monochromatic

#603715 #925320 #C4702B #D99053 #E4B085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#C4702B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#C4702B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4702B

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4702B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4702B	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	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)

#897A21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D75E62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4702b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 112, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.133 55.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9a69',
    500: '#c4702b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4702b;
$custom-light: #dc9a69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4702b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.059,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6275,
    "c": 0.13313,
    "h": 55.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4702B

secondary

#7DA9CE

accent

#9CE741

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160E06

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4702B

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

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