#C45638#C45638

#C45638 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.148 H 36.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45638
RGB	rgb(196, 86, 56)
HSL	hsl(13, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(13, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.31, 42.08, 38.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.31, 57.04, 42.45°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% 0.1196 0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.148 36.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8092, 18.6803, 5.9345)
Luminance	0.1868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45638 #38A6C4

analogous

#C43860 #C45638 #C49C38

triadic

#C45638 #38C456 #5638C4

tetradic

#C45638 #60C438 #38A6C4 #9C38C4

square

#C45638 #60C438 #38A6C4 #9C38C4

split-complementary

#C45638 #38C49C #3860C4

monochromatic

#652C1D #94412A #C45638 #D37D66 #E1A696

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#C45638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#C45638 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45638

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45638	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73F4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 86, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.148 36.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8970',
    500: '#c45638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45638;
$custom-light: #dd8970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.857,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58756,
    "c": 0.14813,
    "h": 36.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45638

secondary

#8CBECC

accent

#BFDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45638

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

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