#C45B35#C45B35

#C45B35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.144 H 39.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45B35
RGB	rgb(196, 91, 53)
HSL	hsl(16, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(16, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.6%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.24, 39.46, 41.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.24, 57.00, 46.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% 0.111 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.144 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.1513, 19.4784, 5.6974)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45B35 #359EC4

analogous

#C43557 #C45B35 #C4A335

triadic

#C45B35 #35C45B #5B35C4

tetradic

#C45B35 #57C435 #359EC4 #A335C4

square

#C45B35 #57C435 #359EC4 #A335C4

split-complementary

#C45B35 #35C4A3 #3557C4

monochromatic

#642E1B #944528 #C45B35 #D48062 #E1A792

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#C45B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#C45B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45B35

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45B35	1.00	4.29	4.90	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 91, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.144 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8c6e',
    500: '#c45b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45b35;
$custom-light: #dd8c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.944,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59453,
    "c": 0.14445,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45B35

secondary

#88BACC

accent

#B8E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45B35

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

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