#C57542#C57542

#C57542 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.120 H 51.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C57542
RGB	rgb(197, 117, 66)
HSL	hsl(23, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(23, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 40.6%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.06, 26.90, 40.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.06, 48.96, 56.67°)
OKLab	oklab(63.99% 0.0749 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(63.99% 0.12 51.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3730, 24.9893, 8.3771)
Luminance	0.2499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C57542 #4292C5

analogous

#C54251 #C57542 #C5B742

triadic

#C57542 #42C575 #7542C5

tetradic

#C57542 #51C542 #4292C5 #B742C5

square

#C57542 #51C542 #4292C5 #B742C5

split-complementary

#C57542 #42C5B7 #4251C5

monochromatic

#6C3E21 #9A592F #C57542 #D39771 #E2B9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#C57542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#C57542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C57542

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C57542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C57542	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9F9042

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D76569

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c57542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 117, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.120 51.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc9d78',
    500: '#c57542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c57542;
$custom-light: #dc9d78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c57542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 117,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.359,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63987,
    "c": 0.12041,
    "h": 51.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C57542

secondary

#95B8CE

accent

#A4DC4B

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C57542

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

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