Brick Orange#C14A09

#C14A09 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.166 H 42.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Brick Orange — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#C14A09
RGB	rgb(193, 74, 9)
HSL	hsl(21, 91%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(21, 95%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 95.3%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.31, 45.28, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.31, 71.60, 50.77°)
OKLab	oklab(56.29% 0.1229 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(56.29% 0.166 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4932, 16.2583, 2.1068)
Luminance	0.1626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C14A09 #0980C1

analogous

#C10924 #C14A09 #C1A609

triadic

#C14A09 #09C14A #4A09C1

tetradic

#C14A09 #24C109 #0980C1 #A609C1

square

#C14A09 #24C109 #0980C1 #A609C1

split-complementary

#C14A09 #09C1A6 #0924C1

monochromatic

#4C1D04 #873406 #C14A09 #F46313 #F7894E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#C14A09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#C14A09 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C14A09

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C14A09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C14A09	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6D5F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A7A00

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D52940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c14a09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 74, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.166 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8155',
    500: '#c14a09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c14a09;
$custom-light: #dd8155;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c14a09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.196,
    "s": 91.089,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56285,
    "c": 0.16567,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C14A09

secondary

#4EA7D8

accent

#B3FF29

background

#FFF8F5

surface

#FEEFE9

border

#D6CAC5

text

#170B03

muted

#857C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #C14A09

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

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