#C7942E#C7942E

#C7942E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.129 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7942E
RGB	rgb(199, 148, 46)
HSL	hsl(40, 62%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(40, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.6%, 76.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, 9.81, 57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 58.77, 80.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.83% 0.0214 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(69.83% 0.129 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6386, 33.5219, 7.2303)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7942E #2E61C7

analogous

#C7472E #C7942E #ADC72E

triadic

#C7942E #2EC794 #942EC7

tetradic

#C7942E #2EC747 #2E61C7 #C72EAD

square

#C7942E #2EC747 #2E61C7 #C72EAD

split-complementary

#C7942E #2EADC7 #472EC7

monochromatic

#644A17 #956F23 #C7942E #D9AE59 #E4C78B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#C7942E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#C7942E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C7942E

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7942E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7942E	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8951D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D88580

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7942e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 148, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.129 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddb36e',
    500: '#c7942e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7942e;
$custom-light: #ddb36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7942e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 62.449,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69827,
    "c": 0.1286,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7942E

secondary

#839CCE

accent

#79E642

background

#FEFAF6

surface

#FCF5EC

border

#D5CFC7

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7942E

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

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