#C45B34#C45B34

#C45B34 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.145 H 40.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45B34
RGB	rgb(196, 91, 52)
HSL	hsl(16, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(16, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.6%, 73.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.23, 39.41, 41.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.23, 57.33, 46.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.44% 0.1106 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(59.44% 0.145 40.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1285, 19.4693, 5.5775)
Luminance	0.1947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45B34 #349DC4

analogous

#C43455 #C45B34 #C4A334

triadic

#C45B34 #34C45B #5B34C4

tetradic

#C45B34 #55C434 #349DC4 #A334C4

square

#C45B34 #55C434 #349DC4 #A334C4

split-complementary

#C45B34 #34C4A3 #3455C4

monochromatic

#632E1A #944527 #C45B34 #D58060 #E2A791

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#C45B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#C45B34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45B34

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45B34	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)

#786C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74552

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 91, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.145 40.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8c6d',
    500: '#c45b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45b34;
$custom-light: #dd8c6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.25,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59441,
    "c": 0.14477,
    "h": 40.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45B34

secondary

#87BACC

accent

#B7E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45B34

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

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