#C45D39#C45D39

#C45D39 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.141 H 39.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45D39
RGB	rgb(196, 93, 57)
HSL	hsl(16, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(16, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.6%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.68, 38.65, 39.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.68, 55.26, 45.63°)
OKLab	oklab(59.8% 0.1092 0.0898)
OKLCH	oklch(59.8% 0.141 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4204, 19.8633, 6.2601)
Luminance	0.1986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45D39 #39A0C4

analogous

#C4395A #C45D39 #C4A339

triadic

#C45D39 #39C45D #5D39C4

tetradic

#C45D39 #5AC439 #39A0C4 #A339C4

square

#C45D39 #5AC439 #39A0C4 #A339C4

split-complementary

#C45D39 #39C4A3 #395AC4

monochromatic

#65301D #95472B #C45D39 #D38367 #E1AA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#C45D39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#C45D39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45D39

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45D39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45D39	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	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)

#796D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45d39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 93, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.141 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8d71',
    500: '#c45d39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45d39;
$custom-light: #dc8d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45d39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.54,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59802,
    "c": 0.14135,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45D39

secondary

#8DBCCC

accent

#B8DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45D39

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

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