#C45D34#C45D34

#C45D34 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.143 H 41.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45D34
RGB	rgb(196, 93, 52)
HSL	hsl(17, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(17, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 73.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.63, 38.40, 42.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.63, 56.96, 47.61°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% 0.1075 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.143 41.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3018, 19.8158, 5.6353)
Luminance	0.1981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45D34 #349BC4

analogous

#C43453 #C45D34 #C4A534

triadic

#C45D34 #34C45D #5D34C4

tetradic

#C45D34 #53C434 #349BC4 #A534C4

square

#C45D34 #53C434 #349BC4 #A534C4

split-complementary

#C45D34 #34C4A5 #3453C4

monochromatic

#632F1A #944627 #C45D34 #D58160 #E2A891

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#C45D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#C45D34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45D34

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45D34	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 93, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.143 41.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8d6d',
    500: '#c45d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45d34;
$custom-light: #dd8d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.083,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59743,
    "c": 0.14302,
    "h": 41.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45D34

secondary

#87B9CC

accent

#B5E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45D34

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

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