#C47042#C47042

#C47042 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.123 H 48.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C47042
RGB	rgb(196, 112, 66)
HSL	hsl(21, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(21, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.9%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, 29.19, 39.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 49.06, 53.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.99% 0.0819 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(62.99% 0.123 48.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.5449, 23.7206, 8.1758)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C47042 #4296C4

analogous

#C44255 #C47042 #C4B142

triadic

#C47042 #42C470 #7042C4

tetradic

#C47042 #55C442 #4296C4 #B142C4

square

#C47042 #55C442 #4296C4 #B142C4

split-complementary

#C47042 #42C4B1 #4255C4

monochromatic

#6A3B21 #995530 #C47042 #D39371 #E1B79F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#C47042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#C47042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C47042

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C47042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C47042	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877A3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B8D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D65F65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c47042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 112, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.123 48.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9a78',
    500: '#c47042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c47042;
$custom-light: #db9a78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c47042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.231,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62991,
    "c": 0.12251,
    "h": 48.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23717
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C47042

secondary

#94B9CE

accent

#A9DC4C

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C47042

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

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