#C47242#C47242

#C47242 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.121 H 49.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C47242
RGB	rgb(196, 114, 66)
HSL	hsl(22, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(22, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.8%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, 28.11, 39.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 48.85, 54.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.33% 0.0786 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(63.33% 0.121 49.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7680, 24.1668, 8.2502)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C47242 #4294C4

analogous

#C44253 #C47242 #C4B342

triadic

#C47242 #42C472 #7242C4

tetradic

#C47242 #53C442 #4294C4 #B342C4

square

#C47242 #53C442 #4294C4 #B342C4

split-complementary

#C47242 #42C4B3 #4253C4

monochromatic

#6A3C21 #995730 #C47242 #D39571 #E1B89F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#C47242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#C47242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C47242

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C47242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C47242	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#897C3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9D8E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D66267

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c47242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 114, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.121 49.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9b78',
    500: '#c47242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c47242;
$custom-light: #db9b78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c47242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.154,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63335,
    "c": 0.1212,
    "h": 49.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C47242

secondary

#94B8CE

accent

#A7DC4C

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C47242

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

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