#C45A25#C45A25

#C45A25 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.150 H 44.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45A25
RGB	rgb(196, 90, 37)
HSL	hsl(20, 68%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(20, 81%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 81.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.90, 39.32, 48.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.90, 62.53, 51.04°)
OKLab	oklab(59.15% 0.1079 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(59.15% 0.15 44.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.7578, 19.1852, 4.0440)
Luminance	0.1918 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45A25 #258FC4

analogous

#C4253F #C45A25 #C4A925

triadic

#C45A25 #25C45A #5A25C4

tetradic

#C45A25 #3FC425 #258FC4 #A925C4

square

#C45A25 #3FC425 #258FC4 #A925C4

split-complementary

#C45A25 #25C4A9 #253FC4

monochromatic

#5D2B12 #91421B #C45A25 #DD7B49 #E6A07D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.34

#C45A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.84

#C45A25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45A25

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45A25	1.00	4.34	4.84	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7424F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 90, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.150 44.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8b64',
    500: '#c45a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45a25;
$custom-light: #de8b64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20,
    "s": 68.24,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59149,
    "c": 0.15021,
    "h": 44.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45A25

secondary

#76B1CF

accent

#B1EB3D

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C06

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45A25

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

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