#C74923#C74923

#C74923 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.169 H 36.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74923
RGB	rgb(199, 73, 35)
HSL	hsl(14, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(14, 82%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.3%, 82.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.30, 48.42, 47.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.30, 67.69, 44.33°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% 0.1351 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.169 36.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2421, 17.0324, 3.4955)
Luminance	0.1703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74923 #23A1C7

analogous

#C7234F #C74923 #C79B23

triadic

#C74923 #23C749 #4923C7

tetradic

#C74923 #4FC723 #23A1C7 #9B23C7

square

#C74923 #4FC723 #23A1C7 #9B23C7

split-complementary

#C74923 #23C79B #234FC7

monochromatic

#5F2311 #93361A #C74923 #DF6B48 #E8957C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#C74923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#C74923 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74923

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74923	1.00	4.77	4.41	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D611D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D1D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2642

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 73, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.169 36.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18161',
    500: '#c74923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74923;
$custom-light: #e18161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.902,
    "s": 70.085,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57267,
    "c": 0.1685,
    "h": 36.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74923

secondary

#76BBD0

accent

#C4ED3B

background

#FFF8F5

surface

#FEEFEA

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B05

muted

#857C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74923

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

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