#C15E38#C15E38

#C15E38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.138 H 40.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C15E38
RGB	rgb(193, 94, 56)
HSL	hsl(17, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(17, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.3%, 71%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.42, 36.91, 39.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.42, 54.15, 47.02°)
OKLab	oklab(59.51% 0.104 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(59.51% 0.138 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.7113, 19.6316, 6.1233)
Luminance	0.1963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C15E38 #389BC1

analogous

#C13857 #C15E38 #C1A338

triadic

#C15E38 #38C15E #5E38C1

tetradic

#C15E38 #57C138 #389BC1 #A338C1

square

#C15E38 #57C138 #389BC1 #A338C1

split-complementary

#C15E38 #38C1A3 #3857C1

monochromatic

#62301C #92472A #C15E38 #D28364 #E0A994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#C15E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#C15E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C15E38

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C15E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C15E38	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D34A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c15e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 94, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.138 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#da8e70',
    500: '#c15e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c15e38;
$custom-light: #da8e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c15e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.642,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59506,
    "c": 0.1375,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C15E38

secondary

#8AB9CB

accent

#B5DE49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C15E38

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

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