#C45E34#C45E34

#C45E34 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.142 H 41.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45E34
RGB	rgb(196, 94, 52)
HSL	hsl(18, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(18, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 73.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.83, 37.89, 42.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.83, 56.78, 48.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.9% 0.106 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(59.9% 0.142 41.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3901, 19.9925, 5.6647)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45E34 #349AC4

analogous

#C43452 #C45E34 #C4A634

triadic

#C45E34 #34C45E #5E34C4

tetradic

#C45E34 #52C434 #349AC4 #A634C4

square

#C45E34 #52C434 #349AC4 #A634C4

split-complementary

#C45E34 #34C4A6 #3452C4

monochromatic

#63301A #944727 #C45E34 #D58260 #E2A891

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#C45E34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#C45E34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45E34

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45E34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45E34	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)

#7A6E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45e34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 94, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.142 41.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8e6d',
    500: '#c45e34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45e34;
$custom-light: #dd8e6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45e34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.5,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59896,
    "c": 0.14217,
    "h": 41.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45E34

secondary

#87B8CC

accent

#B4E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45E34

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

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