#C5842A#C5842A

#C5842A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 66.5% C 0.128 H 70.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C5842A
RGB	rgb(197, 132, 42)
HSL	hsl(35, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(35, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33%, 78.7%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.38, 17.53, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.38, 58.15, 72.46°)
OKLab	oklab(66.49% 0.0435 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(66.49% 0.128 70.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6976, 28.5429, 6.0300)
Luminance	0.2854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C5842A #2A6BC5

analogous

#C5372A #C5842A #B9C52A

triadic

#C5842A #2AC584 #842AC5

tetradic

#C5842A #2AC537 #2A6BC5 #C52AB9

square

#C5842A #2AC537 #2A6BC5 #C52AB9

split-complementary

#C5842A #2AB9C5 #372AC5

monochromatic

#604014 #93621F #C5842A #DAA152 #E5BC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#C5842A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#C5842A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C5842A

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C5842A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C5842A	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A881B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9982D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D77472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c5842a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 132, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.5% 0.128 70.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dca76a',
    500: '#c5842a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c5842a;
$custom-light: #dca76a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c5842a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.839,
    "s": 64.854,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66485,
    "c": 0.12827,
    "h": 70.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C5842A

secondary

#7D9FCE

accent

#86E840

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF4EB

border

#D5CEC6

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C5842A

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

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