#C66F42#C66F42

#C66F42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.125 H 46.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C66F42
RGB	rgb(198, 111, 66)
HSL	hsl(20, 54%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(20, 67%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.9%, 66.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, 30.54, 39.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 49.98, 52.33°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% 0.0858 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.125 46.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9590, 23.7712, 8.1638)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C66F42 #4299C6

analogous

#C64257 #C66F42 #C6B142

triadic

#C66F42 #42C66F #6F42C6

tetradic

#C66F42 #57C642 #4299C6 #B142C6

square

#C66F42 #57C642 #4299C6 #B142C6

split-complementary

#C66F42 #42C6B1 #4257C6

monochromatic

#6D3B21 #9C542F #C66F42 #D49371 #E2B7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#C66F42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#C66F42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C66F42

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C66F42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C66F42	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#877A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C8D41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D85E65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c66f42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 111, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.125 46.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd9978',
    500: '#c66f42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c66f42;
$custom-light: #dd9978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c66f42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.455,
    "s": 53.659,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63087,
    "c": 0.12532,
    "h": 46.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C66F42

secondary

#95BBCF

accent

#ABDD4B

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FCF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E09

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C66F42

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →