#C45C36#C45C36

#C45C36 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.143 H 40.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45C36
RGB	rgb(196, 92, 54)
HSL	hsl(16, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(16, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.1%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.45, 39.00, 40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.45, 56.47, 46.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% 0.1097 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.143 40)
XYZ	xyz(27.2606, 19.6598, 5.8485)
Luminance	0.1966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45C36 #369EC4

analogous

#C43657 #C45C36 #C4A336

triadic

#C45C36 #36C45C #5C36C4

tetradic

#C45C36 #57C436 #369EC4 #A336C4

square

#C45C36 #57C436 #369EC4 #A336C4

split-complementary

#C45C36 #36C4A3 #3657C4

monochromatic

#642F1C #944529 #C45C36 #D48163 #E1A893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#C45C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#C45C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45C36

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45C36	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74654

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 92, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.143 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8c6f',
    500: '#c45c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45c36;
$custom-light: #dd8c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.056,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59614,
    "c": 0.14324,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.19656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45C36

secondary

#89BACC

accent

#B7E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45C36

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

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