#C47538#C47538

#C47538 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.125 H 55.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C47538
RGB	rgb(196, 117, 56)
HSL	hsl(26, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(26, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.83, 25.92, 45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.83, 52.50, 60.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% 0.0704 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.125 55.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8425, 24.7469, 6.9456)
Luminance	0.2474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C47538 #3887C4

analogous

#C43841 #C47538 #C4BB38

triadic

#C47538 #38C475 #7538C4

tetradic

#C47538 #41C438 #3887C4 #BB38C4

square

#C47538 #41C438 #3887C4 #BB38C4

split-complementary

#C47538 #38C4BB #3841C4

monochromatic

#653C1D #94592A #C47538 #D39666 #E1B696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#C47538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#C47538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C47538

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C47538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C47538	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F8F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D66468

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c47538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 117, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.125 55.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9d71',
    500: '#c47538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c47538;
$custom-light: #db9d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c47538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.143,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63743,
    "c": 0.12461,
    "h": 55.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C47538

secondary

#8CB0CC

accent

#9EDF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C47538

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

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