#C45422#C45422

#C45422 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.156 H 41.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45422
RGB	rgb(196, 84, 34)
HSL	hsl(19, 70%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(19, 83%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 82.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.73, 42.19, 48.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.73, 64.57, 49.20°)
OKLab	oklab(58.25% 0.1161 0.1042)
OKLCH	oklch(58.25% 0.156 41.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2268, 18.1955, 3.6441)
Luminance	0.1819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45422 #2292C4

analogous

#C42241 #C45422 #C4A522

triadic

#C45422 #22C454 #5422C4

tetradic

#C45422 #41C422 #2292C4 #A522C4

square

#C45422 #41C422 #2292C4 #A522C4

split-complementary

#C45422 #22C4A5 #2241C4

monochromatic

#5C2710 #903E19 #C45422 #DF7445 #E89B79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.53

#C45422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.64

#C45422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45422

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45422	1.00	4.53	4.64	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#74671A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F801E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8394A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 84, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.156 41.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8762',
    500: '#c45422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45422;
$custom-light: #de8762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.519,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58252,
    "c": 0.15599,
    "h": 41.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45422

secondary

#73B3CF

accent

#B6ED3B

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FDF0EA

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170B05

muted

#857C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45422

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

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