#C47540#C47540

#C47540 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.120 H 52.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C47540
RGB	rgb(196, 117, 64)
HSL	hsl(24, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(24, 67%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.3%, 67.3%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.91, 26.37, 41.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.91, 49.36, 57.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.83% 0.073 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(63.83% 0.12 52.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0540, 24.8316, 8.0597)
Luminance	0.2483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C47540 #408FC4

analogous

#C4404D #C47540 #C4B740

triadic

#C47540 #40C475 #7540C4

tetradic

#C47540 #4DC440 #408FC4 #B740C4

square

#C47540 #4DC440 #408FC4 #B740C4

split-complementary

#C47540 #40C4B7 #404DC4

monochromatic

#693E20 #98592F #C47540 #D2976F #E1B99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#C47540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#C47540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C47540

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C47540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C47540	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D66569

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c47540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 117, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.120 52.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9d77',
    500: '#c47540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c47540;
$custom-light: #db9d77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c47540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.091,
    "s": 52.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63834,
    "c": 0.12046,
    "h": 52.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C47540

secondary

#93B6CD

accent

#A2DC4C

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C47540

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

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