#C64708

sRGB · 198 / 71 / 8

#C64708 belongs to the orange family. Its hex code tells a screen to mix 198 red, 71 green and 8 blue on a scale of 0 to 255. On the HSL wheel, hue is a position around a circle: 19.9° lands in the orange region. Its 92.2% saturation makes it strong in color at this lightness. HSL lightness is 40.4% on a scale from black (0%) to white (100%). Of black and white lettering, white has the clearer light-to-dark separation on this background (4.88:1), which helps the shapes of letters stand out.

Color conversions

sRGB (8-bit): 198, 71, 8
HSL: 19.89°, 92.23%, 40.39%
HSV / HSB: 19.89°, 95.96%, 77.65%
CMYK (approx.): 0.00%, 64.14%, 95.96%, 22.35%
CIE XYZ (D65, Y = 100 for white): 25.585, 16.532, 2.073
CIELAB (D65, 2° observer): 47.665, 48.425, 56.362
WCAG relative luminance: 0.16530
24-bit decimal: 12994312

CMYK uses a profile-free approximation. Printed output depends on the press, ink and paper. Lab uses a D65 white point.

Text contrast

Contrast tells you how clearly lettering separates from #C64708 in light and dark. The ratio compares relative luminance, a measure of light weighted for human vision. Identical colors give 1:1 and black against white gives 21:1. A ratio of 2.99:1 falls just below the 3:1 AA minimum for large text. Body text needs at least 4.5:1 because its finer strokes are harder to distinguish.

Black text · 4.31:1

Normal text: Fail
Large text: AA

White text · 4.88:1

Normal text: AA
Large text: AAA

AA and AAA are WCAG accessibility levels. AAA sets a higher bar: 7:1 for normal text and 4.5:1 for large text. Large text begins at 18 pt regular or 14 pt bold. Ratings use the unrounded ratio. WCAG text contrast guidance

Palettes & scales

Harmonies rotate the hue. Scales mix the starting color with white, black or middle gray in 20% steps in encoded sRGB.

Complementary

#0887C6 sits half a turn (180°) from #C64708 on the HSL wheel. Keeping saturation and lightness steady while crossing to the opposite hue gives you a contrasting accent. Check text contrast separately before using the pair for lettering.

#C64708 #0887C6

Analogous

#C60828 and #C6A608 sit 30° to either side of #C64708. The three hues are neighbors on the wheel, so you can change the color of a border or highlight while keeping it close to the original.

#C60828 #C64708 #C6A608

Triadic

#C64708, #08C647 and #4708C6 are spaced 120° apart, forming a triangle on the wheel. Try one for the main color and the other two for accents.

#C64708 #08C647 #4708C6

Split complementary

Start at #C64708 and look across the wheel. #08C6A6 and #0828C6 sit 30° to either side of its exact opposite, giving you two different accent choices.

#C64708 #08C6A6 #0828C6

Square

Starting with #C64708, each quarter turn (90°) takes you to the next hue: #28C608, #0887C6, then #A608C6. Across the square, #C64708 pairs with #0887C6, and #28C608 with #A608C6.

#C64708 #28C608 #0887C6 #A608C6

Tetradic

#C64708 and #0887C6 are opposites, as are #87C608 and #4708C6. Together they form a rectangle on the wheel, with alternating gaps of 60° and 120°.

#C64708 #87C608 #0887C6 #4708C6

Tints

Mixing #C64708 with white in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #D16C39, keeps 80% of the original. By #F4DACE, the mixture is 80% white.

#C64708 #D16C39 #DD916B #E8B59C #F4DACE #FFFFFF

Shades

Mixing #C64708 with black in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #9E3906, keeps 80% of the original. By #280E02, the mixture is 80% black.

#C64708 #9E3906 #772B05 #4F1C03 #280E02 #000000

Tones

Mixing #C64708 with middle gray in 20% steps produces this scale. The first mixture, #B85220, keeps 80% of the original. By #8E7568, the mixture is 80% middle gray.

#C64708 #B85220 #AA5E38 #9C6950 #8E7568 #808080

Copy color codes

Hex, RGB and HSL are three ways to write this screen color. Paste any of them into a CSS color property.

Hex

#C64708

RGB

rgb(198 71 8)

HSL

hsl(19.895 92.233% 40.392%)

CSS example

.color-sample {
  background-color: #C64708;
  color: #FFFFFF;
}

Channel breakdown

RGB

#C64708 uses 198 red, 71 green and 8 blue. Each bar shows how much of that channel’s 0–255 range the screen uses.

Red 77.6%

Green 27.8%

Blue 3.1%

CMYK

A simple CMYK estimate for #C64708 is 0.0% cyan, 64.1% magenta, 96.0% yellow and 22.4% black. These are ink amounts; a printer profile is needed to predict the result on paper.

Cyan 0.0%

Magenta 64.1%

Yellow 96.0%

Black 22.4%

Nearby colors

The nearest shorthand match is #CC4400. Its matching digit pairs let you write it as #C40 in CSS. For a modern design, keep #C64708 when you want an exact match. Use its web-safe neighbor, #CC3300, when matching a legacy palette of 216 colors.

Nearest shorthand · #CC4400 Nearest web-safe · #CC3300

Gradient to complement

#C64708 #A65228 #875C47 #676767 #477287 #287CA6 #0887C6

Color vision previews

Compare how #C64708 appears in each simulation. When two chart lines or status indicators become hard to tell apart, a label, shape or line pattern gives readers another way to distinguish them. Individual perception varies.

Protanopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from long-wavelength cones, some reds and greens can look alike, and reds can appear darker.

#6D5F00

Deuteranopia

A red–green color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from medium-wavelength cones, some greens can be difficult to distinguish from reds or browns.

#8C7C00

Tritanopia

A blue–yellow color vision deficiency. Without a distinct response from short-wavelength cones, blue can resemble green, and yellow can resemble pink.

#DA203D

Protanomaly (50%)

An altered long-wavelength cone response can make reds appear dimmer and harder to distinguish from greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#955C00

Deuteranomaly (50%)

An altered medium-wavelength cone response can reduce the visible difference between reds and greens. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#9F6D00

Tritanomaly (50%)

An altered short-wavelength cone response can make blue harder to distinguish from green. This swatch shows the model’s halfway setting.

#C84428

Grayscale (luminance)

This design check removes hue and preserves relative luminance so you can compare light and dark areas.

#717171

Partial grayscale (50% blend)

This design check mixes the original color halfway toward its grayscale equivalent in linear light. Use it to see how a design holds up as color fades.

#A35F52

Technical reference

CAM16 and CIECAM02 below assume D65 white, an average surround, background Y of 20 against white at 100, and adapting luminance of 4.07 cd/m².

Linear sRGB

These channels scale with emitted light. Use them for lighting calculations and physically meaningful blends.

R 0.56471 G 0.06301 B 0.00243

Display P3

P3 displays can reproduce a wider range of reds and greens. These coordinates reproduce this same sRGB swatch on a color-managed P3 display.

R 0.71908 G 0.31266 B 0.13539

Linear Display P3

These P3 channels are proportional to light, before display encoding.

R 0.47564 G 0.07966 B 0.01642

CIE xyY

The x and y coordinates locate chromaticity on a diagram. Y gives relative luminance on a scale where white is 100.

x 0.579 y 0.374 Y 16.532

CMY

Ideal cyan, magenta and yellow are the complements of the encoded red, green and blue channels.

C % 22.353 M % 72.157 Y % 96.863

Binary RGB

Each eight-bit group represents one channel. Together they store the 24-bit hex color.

11000110 01000111 00001000