#C74F32#C74F32

#C74F32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.160 H 34.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C74F32
RGB	rgb(199, 79, 50)
HSL	hsl(12, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(12, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.3%, 74.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.46, 46.25, 40.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.46, 61.75, 41.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% 0.131 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.16 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9277, 17.9681, 5.0672)
Luminance	0.1796 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C74F32 #32AAC7

analogous

#C73260 #C74F32 #C79A32

triadic

#C74F32 #32C74F #4F32C7

tetradic

#C74F32 #60C732 #32AAC7 #9A32C7

square

#C74F32 #60C732 #32AAC7 #9A32C7

split-complementary

#C74F32 #32C79A #3260C7

monochromatic

#652819 #963C26 #C74F32 #D7775F #E3A090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#C74F32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#C74F32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C74F32

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C74F32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C74F32	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)

#70652E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E802E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB3349

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c74f32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 79, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.160 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0856b',
    500: '#c74f32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c74f32;
$custom-light: #e0856b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c74f32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.678,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58183,
    "c": 0.15963,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C74F32

secondary

#87C0CE

accent

#C4E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C74F32

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

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