#C45B37#C45B37

#C45B37 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.144 H 39.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45B37
RGB	rgb(196, 91, 55)
HSL	hsl(15, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(15, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.6%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.26, 39.56, 40.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.26, 56.33, 45.39°)
OKLab	oklab(59.48% 0.1116 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(59.48% 0.144 39.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1982, 19.4972, 5.9448)
Luminance	0.1949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45B37 #37A0C4

analogous

#C4375A #C45B37 #C4A237

triadic

#C45B37 #37C45B #5B37C4

tetradic

#C45B37 #5AC437 #37A0C4 #A237C4

square

#C45B37 #5AC437 #37A0C4 #A237C4

split-complementary

#C45B37 #37C4A2 #375AC4

monochromatic

#642F1C #94452A #C45B37 #D48165 #E1A894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#C45B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.90

#C45B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45B37

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45B37	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)

#786C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 91, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.144 39.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8c6f',
    500: '#c45b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45b37;
$custom-light: #dd8c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.319,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59476,
    "c": 0.1438,
    "h": 39.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45B37

secondary

#8BBBCC

accent

#B9DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45B37

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

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