#C86240#C86240

#C86240 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.139 H 38.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C86240
RGB	rgb(200, 98, 64)
HSL	hsl(15, 55%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(15, 68%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51%, 68%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, 38.03, 37.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 53.64, 44.84°)
OKLab	oklab(61.23% 0.1082 0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(61.23% 0.139 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.1152, 21.3884, 7.4446)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C86240 #40A6C8

analogous

#C84062 #C86240 #C8A640

triadic

#C86240 #40C862 #6240C8

tetradic

#C86240 #62C840 #40A6C8 #A640C8

square

#C86240 #62C840 #40A6C8 #A640C8

split-complementary

#C86240 #40C8A6 #4062C8

monochromatic

#6E3320 #9D492D #C86240 #D68970 #E3B09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#C86240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#C86240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C86240

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C86240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C86240	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D723C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96883E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB4E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c86240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 98, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.139 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df9176',
    500: '#c86240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c86240;
$custom-light: #df9176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c86240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 98,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61235,
    "c": 0.13893,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C86240

secondary

#94C1D0

accent

#B9DF49

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF1ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160D08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C86240

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

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