#C15E35#C15E35

#C15E35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.139 H 42.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C15E35
RGB	rgb(193, 94, 53)
HSL	hsl(18, 57%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(18, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 72.5%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.39, 36.76, 41.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.39, 55.18, 48.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% 0.103 0.0927)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.139 42)
XYZ	xyz(26.6401, 19.6032, 5.7484)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C15E35 #3598C1

analogous

#C13552 #C15E35 #C1A435

triadic

#C15E35 #35C15E #5E35C1

tetradic

#C15E35 #52C135 #3598C1 #A435C1

square

#C15E35 #52C135 #3598C1 #A435C1

split-complementary

#C15E35 #35C1A4 #3552C1

monochromatic

#612F1B #914728 #C15E35 #D38260 #E0A890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#C15E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#C15E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C15E35

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C15E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C15E35	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D34A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c15e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 94, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.139 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8e6e',
    500: '#c15e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c15e35;
$custom-light: #da8e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c15e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.571,
    "s": 56.911,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59471,
    "c": 0.13855,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C15E35

secondary

#87B7CB

accent

#B4E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C15E35

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

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