#C45E35#C45E35

#C45E35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.142 H 41.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45E35
RGB	rgb(196, 94, 53)
HSL	hsl(17, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(17, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.84, 37.94, 41.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.84, 56.44, 47.76°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% 0.1063 0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.142 41.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4129, 20.0016, 5.7846)
Luminance	0.2000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45E35 #359BC4

analogous

#C43554 #C45E35 #C4A635

triadic

#C45E35 #35C45E #5E35C4

tetradic

#C45E35 #54C435 #359BC4 #A635C4

square

#C45E35 #54C435 #359BC4 #A635C4

split-complementary

#C45E35 #35C4A6 #3554C4

monochromatic

#64301B #944728 #C45E35 #D48362 #E1A992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#C45E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#C45E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45E35

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45E35	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)

#7A6E30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 94, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.142 41.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8e6e',
    500: '#c45e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45e35;
$custom-light: #dd8e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.203,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59907,
    "c": 0.14183,
    "h": 41.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45E35

secondary

#88B9CC

accent

#B5E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45E35

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

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