#C4712B#C4712B

#C4712B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.133 H 56.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4712B
RGB	rgb(196, 113, 43)
HSL	hsl(27, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(27, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.3%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, 27.50, 50.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 57.63, 61.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% 0.0732 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.133 56.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1087, 23.7236, 5.3312)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4712B #2B7EC4

analogous

#C42B31 #C4712B #C4BE2B

triadic

#C4712B #2BC471 #712BC4

tetradic

#C4712B #31C42B #2B7EC4 #BE2BC4

square

#C4712B #31C42B #2B7EC4 #BE2BC4

split-complementary

#C4712B #2BC4BE #2B31C4

monochromatic

#603715 #925420 #C4712B #D99053 #E4B185

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#C4712B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#C4712B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4712B

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4712B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4712B	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)

#8A7A21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8D2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D75F63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4712b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 113, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.133 56.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9a69',
    500: '#c4712b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4712b;
$custom-light: #dc9a69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4712b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 113,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.451,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62923,
    "c": 0.13262,
    "h": 56.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4712B

secondary

#7DA9CE

accent

#9BE741

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160E07

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4712B

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

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