#C57C42#C57C42

#C57C42 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.117 H 57.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C57C42
RGB	rgb(197, 124, 66)
HSL	hsl(27, 53%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(27, 66%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 37.1%, 66.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.68, 23.09, 42.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.68, 48.59, 61.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.23% 0.0634 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(65.23% 0.117 57.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2193, 26.6819, 8.6592)
Luminance	0.2668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C57C42 #428BC5

analogous

#C5424A #C57C42 #C5BE42

triadic

#C57C42 #42C57C #7C42C5

tetradic

#C57C42 #4AC542 #428BC5 #BE42C5

square

#C57C42 #4AC542 #428BC5 #BE42C5

split-complementary

#C57C42 #42C5BE #424AC5

monochromatic

#6C4221 #9A5F2F #C57C42 #D39C71 #E2BDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#C57C42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#C57C42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C57C42

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C57C42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C57C42	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92833C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D66D6F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c57c42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 124, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.117 57.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dba278',
    500: '#c57c42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c57c42;
$custom-light: #dba278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c57c42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 124,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 26.565,
    "s": 53.036,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65234,
    "c": 0.11696,
    "h": 57.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C57C42

secondary

#95B5CE

accent

#9CDC4B

background

#FEFAF7

surface

#FCF3ED

border

#D5CDC8

text

#160F09

muted

#847F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C57C42

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

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