#C45D37#C45D37

#C45D37 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.142 H 40.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45D37
RGB	rgb(196, 93, 55)
HSL	hsl(16, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(16, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.66, 38.55, 40.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.66, 55.94, 46.44°)
OKLab	oklab(59.78% 0.1085 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(59.78% 0.142 40.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.3715, 19.8437, 6.0025)
Luminance	0.1984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45D37 #379EC4

analogous

#C43758 #C45D37 #C4A437

triadic

#C45D37 #37C45D #5D37C4

tetradic

#C45D37 #58C437 #379EC4 #A437C4

square

#C45D37 #58C437 #379EC4 #A437C4

split-complementary

#C45D37 #37C4A4 #3758C4

monochromatic

#64301C #94462A #C45D37 #D48265 #E1A994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#C45D37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#C45D37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45D37

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45D37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45D37	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45d37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 93, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.142 40.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8d6f',
    500: '#c45d37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45d37;
$custom-light: #dc8d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45d37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.17,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59778,
    "c": 0.14202,
    "h": 40.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45D37

secondary

#8BBBCC

accent

#B7DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45D37

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

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