#C45D35#C45D35

#C45D35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.143 H 40.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45D35
RGB	rgb(196, 93, 53)
HSL	hsl(17, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(17, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.64, 38.45, 41.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.64, 56.62, 47.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.75% 0.1079 0.0934)
OKLCH	oklch(59.75% 0.143 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.3245, 19.8249, 5.7552)
Luminance	0.1982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45D35 #359CC4

analogous

#C43555 #C45D35 #C4A535

triadic

#C45D35 #35C45D #5D35C4

tetradic

#C45D35 #55C435 #359CC4 #A535C4

square

#C45D35 #55C435 #359CC4 #A535C4

split-complementary

#C45D35 #35C4A5 #3555C4

monochromatic

#642F1B #944628 #C45D35 #D48262 #E1A892

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#C45D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#C45D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45D35

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45D35	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)

#796D30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 93, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.143 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8d6e',
    500: '#c45d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45d35;
$custom-light: #dd8d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.783,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59754,
    "c": 0.14269,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45D35

secondary

#88B9CC

accent

#B6E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45D35

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

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