#C4742A#C4742A

#C4742A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.132 H 58.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4742A
RGB	rgb(196, 116, 42)
HSL	hsl(29, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(29, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.8%, 78.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.48, 25.84, 51.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.48, 57.82, 63.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% 0.0681 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.132 58.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4308, 24.3968, 5.3492)
Luminance	0.2439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4742A #2A7AC4

analogous

#C42A2D #C4742A #C4C12A

triadic

#C4742A #2AC474 #742AC4

tetradic

#C4742A #2DC42A #2A7AC4 #C12AC4

square

#C4742A #2DC42A #2A7AC4 #C12AC4

split-complementary

#C4742A #2AC4C1 #2A2DC4

monochromatic

#5F3814 #92561F #C4742A #DA9351 #E5B284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#C4742A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#C4742A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4742A

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4742A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4742A	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D66265

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4742a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 116, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.132 58.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9c69',
    500: '#c4742a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4742a;
$custom-light: #dc9c69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4742a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.831,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6344,
    "c": 0.13166,
    "h": 58.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4742A

secondary

#7CA6CE

accent

#97E840

background

#FEF9F6

surface

#FDF2EB

border

#D5CCC6

text

#160E06

muted

#847E7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4742A

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

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