#C57342#C57342

#C57342 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.122 H 50.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C57342
RGB	rgb(197, 115, 66)
HSL	hsl(22, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(22, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.6%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.61, 27.98, 40.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.61, 49.14, 55.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.64% 0.0782 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(63.64% 0.122 50)
XYZ	xyz(30.1425, 24.5282, 8.3002)
Luminance	0.2452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C57342 #4294C5

analogous

#C54253 #C57342 #C5B542

triadic

#C57342 #42C573 #7342C5

tetradic

#C57342 #53C542 #4294C5 #B542C5

square

#C57342 #53C542 #4294C5 #B542C5

split-complementary

#C57342 #42C5B5 #4253C5

monochromatic

#6C3D21 #9A572F #C57342 #D39671 #E2B8A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.56

#C57342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#C57342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C57342

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C57342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C57342	1.00	3.56	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A7D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D76368

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c57342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 115, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.122 50.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9c78',
    500: '#c57342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c57342;
$custom-light: #dc9c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c57342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 115,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.443,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63639,
    "c": 0.12161,
    "h": 50
  },
  "luminance": 0.24525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C57342

secondary

#95B9CE

accent

#A6DC4B

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C57342

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

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