#C45B32#C45B32

#C45B32 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.145 H 40.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45B32
RGB	rgb(196, 91, 50)
HSL	hsl(17, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(17, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.6%, 74.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.21, 39.32, 42.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.21, 58.01, 47.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% 0.11 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.145 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.0844, 19.4517, 5.3453)
Luminance	0.1945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45B32 #329BC4

analogous

#C43252 #C45B32 #C4A432

triadic

#C45B32 #32C45B #5B32C4

tetradic

#C45B32 #52C432 #329BC4 #A432C4

square

#C45B32 #52C432 #329BC4 #A432C4

split-complementary

#C45B32 #32C4A4 #3252C4

monochromatic

#622E19 #934426 #C45B32 #D67F5D #E2A68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#C45B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#C45B32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45B32

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45B32	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92832F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 91, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.145 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8c6c',
    500: '#c45b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45b32;
$custom-light: #dd8c6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.849,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59419,
    "c": 0.14541,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45B32

secondary

#85B9CD

accent

#B6E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45B32

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

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