#C8743B#C8743B

#C8743B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.128 H 52.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8743B
RGB	rgb(200, 116, 59)
HSL	hsl(24, 56%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(24, 71%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42%, 70.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.16, 28.29, 44.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.16, 52.89, 57.67°)
OKLab	oklab(64.12% 0.0777 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(64.12% 0.128 52.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8568, 25.0892, 7.3545)
Luminance	0.2509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8743B #3B8FC8

analogous

#C83B48 #C8743B #C8BA3B

triadic

#C8743B #3BC874 #743BC8

tetradic

#C8743B #48C83B #3B8FC8 #BA3BC8

square

#C8743B #48C83B #3B8FC8 #BA3BC8

split-complementary

#C8743B #3BC8BA #3B48C8

monochromatic

#6B3D1E #9A582B #C8743B #D5966B #E3B89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#C8743B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#C8743B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8743B

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8743B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8743B	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C7E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A0913B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA6367

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8743b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 116, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.128 52.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de9d73',
    500: '#c8743b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8743b;
$custom-light: #de9d73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8743b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 116,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.255,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64122,
    "c": 0.12753,
    "h": 52.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8743B

secondary

#90B5CF

accent

#A2DF48

background

#FEF9F7

surface

#FDF2ED

border

#D5CCC8

text

#160E08

muted

#847E7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8743B

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

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