#C45A33#C45A33

#C45A33 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.146 H 40.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45A33
RGB	rgb(196, 90, 51)
HSL	hsl(16, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(16, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 74%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.03, 39.87, 41.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.03, 57.86, 46.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.28% 0.1119 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(59.28% 0.146 40)
XYZ	xyz(27.0213, 19.2906, 5.4319)
Luminance	0.1929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45A33 #339DC4

analogous

#C43354 #C45A33 #C4A233

triadic

#C45A33 #33C45A #5A33C4

tetradic

#C45A33 #54C433 #339DC4 #A233C4

square

#C45A33 #54C433 #339DC4 #A233C4

split-complementary

#C45A33 #33C4A2 #3354C4

monochromatic

#632D1A #934426 #C45A33 #D57F5F #E2A68F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#C45A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#C45A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45A33

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45A33	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 90, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.146 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8b6d',
    500: '#c45a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45a33;
$custom-light: #dd8b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.138,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59281,
    "c": 0.14597,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.19287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45A33

secondary

#86BACD

accent

#B8E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45A33

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

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