#C45A36#C45A36

#C45A36 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.145 H 38.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45A36
RGB	rgb(196, 90, 54)
HSL	hsl(15, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(15, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.1%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.06, 40.01, 40.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.06, 56.86, 45.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% 0.1128 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.145 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.0896, 19.3179, 5.7915)
Luminance	0.1931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45A36 #36A0C4

analogous

#C43659 #C45A36 #C4A136

triadic

#C45A36 #36C45A #5A36C4

tetradic

#C45A36 #59C436 #36A0C4 #A136C4

square

#C45A36 #59C436 #36A0C4 #A136C4

split-complementary

#C45A36 #36C4A1 #3659C4

monochromatic

#642E1C #944429 #C45A36 #D48063 #E1A793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#C45A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#C45A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45A36

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45A36	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)

#776B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74452

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 90, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.145 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8b6f',
    500: '#c45a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45a36;
$custom-light: #dd8b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.211,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59315,
    "c": 0.14502,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45A36

secondary

#89BBCC

accent

#B9E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45A36

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

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