#C25E38#C25E38

#C25E38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.139 H 40.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C25E38
RGB	rgb(194, 94, 56)
HSL	hsl(17, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(17, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 71.1%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.57, 37.31, 39.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.57, 54.57, 46.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% 0.1051 0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.139 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9672, 19.7636, 6.1353)
Luminance	0.1976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C25E38 #389CC2

analogous

#C23857 #C25E38 #C2A338

triadic

#C25E38 #38C25E #5E38C2

tetradic

#C25E38 #57C238 #389CC2 #A338C2

square

#C25E38 #57C238 #389CC2 #A338C2

split-complementary

#C25E38 #38C2A3 #3857C2

monochromatic

#63301D #93472A #C25E38 #D28365 #E0A994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#C25E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#C25E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C25E38

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C25E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C25E38	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D44A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c25e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 94, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.139 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8e70',
    500: '#c25e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c25e38;
$custom-light: #db8e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c25e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.522,
    "s": 55.2,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59651,
    "c": 0.13859,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C25E38

secondary

#8ABACB

accent

#B5DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C25E38

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

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