#C45935#C45935

#C45935 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.146 H 38.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45935
RGB	rgb(196, 89, 53)
HSL	hsl(15, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(15, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.6%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.85, 40.46, 40.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.85, 57.39, 45.17°)
OKLab	oklab(59.16% 0.114 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(59.16% 0.146 38.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.9826, 19.1410, 5.6412)
Luminance	0.1914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45935 #35A0C4

analogous

#C43559 #C45935 #C4A135

triadic

#C45935 #35C459 #5935C4

tetradic

#C45935 #59C435 #35A0C4 #A135C4

square

#C45935 #59C435 #35A0C4 #A135C4

split-complementary

#C45935 #35C4A1 #3559C4

monochromatic

#642D1B #944328 #C45935 #D47F62 #E1A692

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.35

#C45935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.83

#C45935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45935

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45935	1.00	4.35	4.83	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766A31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74251

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 89, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.146 38.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8b6e',
    500: '#c45935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45935;
$custom-light: #dd8b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.105,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59156,
    "c": 0.14625,
    "h": 38.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45935

secondary

#88BBCC

accent

#BAE147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45935

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

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