#C45A2E#C45A2E

#C45A2E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.148 H 41.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45A2E
RGB	rgb(196, 90, 46)
HSL	hsl(18, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(18, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 76.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.98, 39.65, 44.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.98, 59.55, 48.25°)
OKLab	oklab(59.23% 0.1103 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(59.23% 0.148 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.9170, 19.2488, 4.8822)
Luminance	0.1925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45A2E #2E98C4

analogous

#C42E4D #C45A2E #C4A52E

triadic

#C45A2E #2EC45A #5A2EC4

tetradic

#C45A2E #4DC42E #2E98C4 #A52EC4

square

#C45A2E #4DC42E #2E98C4 #A52EC4

split-complementary

#C45A2E #2EC4A5 #2E4DC4

monochromatic

#612C17 #924322 #C45A2E #D87D58 #E3A489

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#C45A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#C45A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45A2E

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45A2E	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#91822B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 90, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.148 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8b69',
    500: '#c45a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45a2e;
$custom-light: #dd8b69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.6,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59229,
    "c": 0.14754,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45A2E

secondary

#81B7CD

accent

#B5E543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C06

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45A2E

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

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