#C45522#C45522

#C45522 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.155 H 42.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45522
RGB	rgb(196, 85, 34)
HSL	hsl(19, 70%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(19, 83%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 82.7%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.92, 41.70, 49.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.92, 64.38, 49.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.4% 0.1146 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(58.4% 0.155 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3050, 18.3518, 3.6701)
Luminance	0.1835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45522 #2291C4

analogous

#C42240 #C45522 #C4A622

triadic

#C45522 #22C455 #5522C4

tetradic

#C45522 #40C422 #2291C4 #A622C4

square

#C45522 #40C422 #2291C4 #A622C4

split-complementary

#C45522 #22C4A6 #2240C4

monochromatic

#5C2810 #903E19 #C45522 #DF7545 #E89C79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#C45522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#C45522 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45522

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45522	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75671A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90801E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D83B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 85, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.155 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8862',
    500: '#c45522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45522;
$custom-light: #de8862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.889,
    "s": 70.435,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58395,
    "c": 0.15515,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45522

secondary

#73B2CF

accent

#B5ED3B

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FDF0EA

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C05

muted

#857D79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45522

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

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