#C74F31#C74F31

#C74F31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.160 H 35.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74F31
RGB	rgb(199, 79, 49)
HSL	hsl(12, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(12, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 75.4%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.45, 46.20, 41.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.45, 62.06, 41.89°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% 0.1307 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.16 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.9064, 17.9595, 4.9548)
Luminance	0.1796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74F31 #31A9C7

analogous

#C7315E #C74F31 #C79A31

triadic

#C74F31 #31C74F #4F31C7

tetradic

#C74F31 #5EC731 #31A9C7 #9A31C7

square

#C74F31 #5EC731 #31A9C7 #9A31C7

split-complementary

#C74F31 #31C79A #315EC7

monochromatic

#652819 #963C25 #C74F31 #D7765E #E3A08F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#C74F31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#C74F31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C74F31

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74F31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C74F31	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70652D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74f31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 79, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.160 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0856b',
    500: '#c74f31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74f31;
$custom-light: #e0856b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74f31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 60.484,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58172,
    "c": 0.15988,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74F31

secondary

#86C0CE

accent

#C4E444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74F31

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

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