#C45837#C45837

#C45837 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.147 H 37.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45837
RGB	rgb(196, 88, 55)
HSL	hsl(14, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(14, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.1%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.68, 41.05, 39.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.68, 56.94, 43.86°)
OKLab	oklab(59.03% 0.1162 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(59.03% 0.147 37.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.9469, 18.9945, 5.8610)
Luminance	0.1899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45837 #37A3C4

analogous

#C4375C #C45837 #C49F37

triadic

#C45837 #37C458 #5837C4

tetradic

#C45837 #5CC437 #37A3C4 #9F37C4

square

#C45837 #5CC437 #37A3C4 #9F37C4

split-complementary

#C45837 #37C49F #375CC4

monochromatic

#642D1C #94432A #C45837 #D47F65 #E1A694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.38

#C45837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.80

#C45837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45837

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45837	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)

#756A33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74151

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 88, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.147 37.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8a6f',
    500: '#c45837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45837;
$custom-light: #dd8a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 88,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.043,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59033,
    "c": 0.14655,
    "h": 37.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45837

secondary

#8BBDCC

accent

#BCDF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45837

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

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