#C4842B#C4842B

#C4842B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.127 H 70.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4842B
RGB	rgb(196, 132, 43)
HSL	hsl(35, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 32.7%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.26, 17.13, 54.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.26, 57.51, 72.67°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% 0.0426 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.127 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4547, 28.4156, 6.1132)
Luminance	0.2841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4842B #2B6BC4

analogous

#C4382B #C4842B #B8C42B

triadic

#C4842B #2BC484 #842BC4

tetradic

#C4842B #2BC438 #2B6BC4 #C42BB8

square

#C4842B #2BC438 #2B6BC4 #C42BB8

split-complementary

#C4842B #2BB8C4 #382BC4

monochromatic

#604015 #926220 #C4842B #D9A153 #E4BC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#C4842B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#C4842B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4842B

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4842B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4842B	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A881D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9972E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D67472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4842b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 132, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.127 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dba76b',
    500: '#c4842b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4842b;
$custom-light: #dba76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4842b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.902,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66372,
    "c": 0.12711,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4842B

secondary

#7D9FCE

accent

#86E741

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4842B

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

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