#C47442#C47442

#C47442 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.120 H 51.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C47442
RGB	rgb(196, 116, 66)
HSL	hsl(23, 52%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(23, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.8%, 66.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.71, 27.03, 40.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.71, 48.66, 56.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% 0.0754 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.12 51.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9961, 24.6229, 8.3262)
Luminance	0.2462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C47442 #4292C4

analogous

#C44251 #C47442 #C4B542

triadic

#C47442 #42C474 #7442C4

tetradic

#C47442 #51C442 #4292C4 #B542C4

square

#C47442 #51C442 #4292C4 #B542C4

split-complementary

#C47442 #42C4B5 #4251C4

monochromatic

#6A3D21 #995830 #C47442 #D39671 #E1B99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#C47442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#C47442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C47442

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C47442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C47442	1.00	3.54	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B7D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D66469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c47442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 116, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.120 51.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9c78',
    500: '#c47442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c47442;
$custom-light: #db9c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c47442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.077,
    "s": 52.419,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63683,
    "c": 0.11998,
    "h": 51.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C47442

secondary

#94B8CE

accent

#A5DC4C

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C47442

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

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