#C74E24#C74E24

#C74E24 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.164 H 38.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74E24
RGB	rgb(199, 78, 36)
HSL	hsl(15, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(15, 82%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.8%, 81.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.16, 46.20, 47.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.16, 66.35, 45.87°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% 0.1284 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.164 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.5989, 17.7220, 3.6888)
Luminance	0.1772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74E24 #249DC7

analogous

#C7244B #C74E24 #C79F24

triadic

#C74E24 #24C74E #4E24C7

tetradic

#C74E24 #4BC724 #249DC7 #9F24C7

square

#C74E24 #4BC724 #249DC7 #9F24C7

split-complementary

#C74E24 #24C79F #244BC7

monochromatic

#5F2511 #933A1B #C74E24 #DE704A #E8997E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.62

#C74E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#C74E24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C74E24

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C74E24	1.00	4.62	4.54	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70641E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F1F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB2F46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 78, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.164 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18462',
    500: '#c74e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74e24;
$custom-light: #e18462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.46,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57916,
    "c": 0.16386,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74E24

secondary

#77B9D0

accent

#BFEC3C

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B05

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74E24

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

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