#C7842C#C7842C

#C7842C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.129 H 68.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7842C
RGB	rgb(199, 132, 44)
HSL	hsl(34, 64%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(34, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.7%, 77.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.63, 18.48, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.63, 58.00, 71.43°)
OKLab	oklab(66.74% 0.0464 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(66.74% 0.129 68.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2616, 28.8295, 6.2480)
Luminance	0.2883 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7842C #2C6FC7

analogous

#C7372C #C7842C #BCC72C

triadic

#C7842C #2CC784 #842CC7

tetradic

#C7842C #2CC737 #2C6FC7 #C72CBC

square

#C7842C #2CC737 #2C6FC7 #C72CBC

split-complementary

#C7842C #2CBCC7 #372CC7

monochromatic

#634216 #956321 #C7842C #DAA156 #E5BD89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.10

#C7842C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.77

#C7842C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C7842C

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7842C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7842C	1.00	3.10	6.77	6.77
#FFFFFF	3.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A891E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA992E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D97473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7842c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 132, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.129 68.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dea76c',
    500: '#c7842c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7842c;
$custom-light: #dea76c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7842c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.065,
    "s": 63.786,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66739,
    "c": 0.12867,
    "h": 68.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7842C

secondary

#80A2CF

accent

#89E741

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FDF4EC

border

#D5CEC7

text

#160F07

muted

#847F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7842C

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

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