#C57442#C57442

#C57442 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.121 H 50.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C57442
RGB	rgb(197, 116, 66)
HSL	hsl(23, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(23, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 41.1%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.84, 27.44, 40.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.84, 49.05, 55.98°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% 0.0765 0.0937)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.121 50.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2571, 24.7575, 8.3384)
Luminance	0.2475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C57442 #4293C5

analogous

#C54252 #C57442 #C5B642

triadic

#C57442 #42C574 #7442C5

tetradic

#C57442 #52C542 #4293C5 #B642C5

square

#C57442 #52C542 #4293C5 #B642C5

split-complementary

#C57442 #42C5B6 #4252C5

monochromatic

#6C3D21 #9A582F #C57442 #D39671 #E2B9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#C57442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#C57442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C57442

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C57442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C57442	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)

#8B7D3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9E8F42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D76469

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c57442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 116, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.121 50.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9c78',
    500: '#c57442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c57442;
$custom-light: #dc9c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c57442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.901,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63813,
    "c": 0.12101,
    "h": 50.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C57442

secondary

#95B8CE

accent

#A5DC4B

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C57442

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

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