#C47838#C47838

#C47838 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.123 H 57.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C47838
RGB	rgb(196, 120, 56)
HSL	hsl(27, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(27, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 38.8%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, 24.29, 46.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 52.37, 62.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.28% 0.0655 0.1044)
OKLCH	oklch(64.28% 0.123 57.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1976, 25.4573, 7.0640)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C47838 #3884C4

analogous

#C4383E #C47838 #C4BE38

triadic

#C47838 #38C478 #7838C4

tetradic

#C47838 #3EC438 #3884C4 #BE38C4

square

#C47838 #3EC438 #3884C4 #BE38C4

split-complementary

#C47838 #38C4BE #383EC4

monochromatic

#653E1D #945B2A #C47838 #D39866 #E1B896

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#C47838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#C47838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C47838

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C47838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C47838	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6686A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c47838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 120, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.123 57.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db9f72',
    500: '#c47838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c47838;
$custom-light: #db9f72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c47838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 120,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.429,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64276,
    "c": 0.12326,
    "h": 57.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C47838

secondary

#8CAFCC

accent

#9ADF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C47838

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

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