#C45E33#C45E33

#C45E33 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.143 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45E33
RGB	rgb(196, 94, 51)
HSL	hsl(18, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(18, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 74%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, 37.85, 42.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 57.12, 48.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% 0.1057 0.0956)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.143 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3678, 19.9836, 5.5474)
Luminance	0.1998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45E33 #3399C4

analogous

#C43350 #C45E33 #C4A633

triadic

#C45E33 #33C45E #5E33C4

tetradic

#C45E33 #50C433 #3399C4 #A633C4

square

#C45E33 #50C433 #3399C4 #A633C4

split-complementary

#C45E33 #33C4A6 #3350C4

monochromatic

#632F1A #934726 #C45E33 #D5825F #E2A88F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#C45E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#C45E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45E33

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45E33	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 94, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.143 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8e6d',
    500: '#c45e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45e33;
$custom-light: #dd8e6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.793,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59885,
    "c": 0.14251,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45E33

secondary

#86B8CD

accent

#B4E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45E33

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

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