#C45836#C45836

#C45836 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.147 H 37.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45836
RGB	rgb(196, 88, 54)
HSL	hsl(14, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(14, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.67, 41.00, 39.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.67, 57.26, 44.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% 0.1159 0.0902)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.147 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9232, 18.9850, 5.7360)
Luminance	0.1898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45836 #36A2C4

analogous

#C4365B #C45836 #C49F36

triadic

#C45836 #36C458 #5836C4

tetradic

#C45836 #5BC436 #36A2C4 #9F36C4

square

#C45836 #5BC436 #36A2C4 #9F36C4

split-complementary

#C45836 #36C49F #365BC4

monochromatic

#642D1C #944229 #C45836 #D47E63 #E1A693

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#C45836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#C45836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45836

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45836	1.00	4.38	4.80	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756A32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 88, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.147 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8a6e',
    500: '#c45836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45836;
$custom-light: #dd8a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.366,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59021,
    "c": 0.14685,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45836

secondary

#89BCCC

accent

#BCE048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45836

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

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