#C4743C#C4743C

#C4743C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.123 H 53.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4743C
RGB	rgb(196, 116, 60)
HSL	hsl(25, 54%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(25, 69%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.8%, 69.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.64, 26.68, 43.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.64, 51.00, 58.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% 0.0733 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.123 53.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.8284, 24.5559, 7.4430)
Luminance	0.2455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4743C #3C8CC4

analogous

#C43C48 #C4743C #C4B83C

triadic

#C4743C #3CC474 #743CC4

tetradic

#C4743C #48C43C #3C8CC4 #B83CC4

square

#C4743C #48C43C #3C8CC4 #B83CC4

split-complementary

#C4743C #3CC4B8 #3C48C4

monochromatic

#673C1F #96582D #C4743C #D2956B #E0B79A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#C4743C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#C4743C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4743C

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4743C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4743C	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D66368

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4743c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 116, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.123 53.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9c74',
    500: '#c4743c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4743c;
$custom-light: #db9c74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4743c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.706,
    "s": 53.543,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63611,
    "c": 0.12309,
    "h": 53.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4743C

secondary

#90B3CC

accent

#A1DD4B

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4743C

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

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