#C45A34#C45A34

#C45A34 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.146 H 39.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45A34
RGB	rgb(196, 90, 52)
HSL	hsl(16, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(16, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 73.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.04, 39.91, 41.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.04, 57.53, 46.07°)
OKLab	oklab(59.29% 0.1122 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(59.29% 0.146 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.0436, 19.2995, 5.5492)
Luminance	0.1930 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45A34 #349EC4

analogous

#C43456 #C45A34 #C4A234

triadic

#C45A34 #34C45A #5A34C4

tetradic

#C45A34 #56C434 #349EC4 #A234C4

square

#C45A34 #56C434 #349EC4 #A234C4

split-complementary

#C45A34 #34C4A2 #3456C4

monochromatic

#632E1A #944427 #C45A34 #D57F60 #E2A691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#C45A34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#C45A34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45A34

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45A34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45A34	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)

#776B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45a34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 90, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.146 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8b6d',
    500: '#c45a34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45a34;
$custom-light: #dd8b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45a34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.833,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59292,
    "c": 0.14565,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.19296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45A34

secondary

#87BACC

accent

#B8E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45A34

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

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