#C45B36#C45B36

#C45B36 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.144 H 39.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45B36
RGB	rgb(196, 91, 54)
HSL	hsl(16, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(16, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.6%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.25, 39.51, 40.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.25, 56.66, 45.79°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% 0.1113 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.144 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.1745, 19.4877, 5.8198)
Luminance	0.1948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45B36 #369FC4

analogous

#C43658 #C45B36 #C4A236

triadic

#C45B36 #36C45B #5B36C4

tetradic

#C45B36 #58C436 #369FC4 #A236C4

square

#C45B36 #58C436 #369FC4 #A236C4

split-complementary

#C45B36 #36C4A2 #3658C4

monochromatic

#642E1C #944529 #C45B36 #D48163 #E1A793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#C45B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#C45B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45B36

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45B36	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)

#786C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 91, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.144 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8c6f',
    500: '#c45b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45b36;
$custom-light: #dd8c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.634,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59464,
    "c": 0.14412,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45B36

secondary

#89BBCC

accent

#B8E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45B36

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

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