#C45E38#C45E38

#C45E38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.141 H 40.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C45E38
RGBrgb(196, 94, 56)
HSLhsl(16, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(16, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 52%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(51.87, 38.09, 40.24)
CIE-LCHlch(51.87, 55.41, 46.58°)
OKLaboklab(59.94% 0.1073 0.0912)
OKLCHoklch(59.94% 0.141 40.4)
XYZxyz(27.4841, 20.0301, 6.1595)
Luminance0.2003 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C45E38 #389EC4
analogous
#C43858 #C45E38 #C4A438
triadic
#C45E38 #38C45E #5E38C4
tetradic
#C45E38 #58C438 #389EC4 #A438C4
square
#C45E38 #58C438 #389EC4 #A438C4
split-complementary
#C45E38 #38C4A4 #3858C4
monochromatic
#65301D #94472A #C45E38 #D38466 #E1AA96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20
#C45E38 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01
#C45E38 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45E38
5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C45E38#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C45E381.004.205.015.01
#FFFFFF4.201.0021.0021.00
#0000005.0121.001.001.00
##0000005.0121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7A6E34
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#938436
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D74956
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c45e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 94, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.141 40.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8e70',
    500: '#c45e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c45e38;
$custom-light: #dc8e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c45e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.286,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59942,
    "c": 0.1408,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C45E38
secondary
#8CBBCC
accent
#B6DF49
background
#FEF8F6
surface
#FDF0EC
border
#D5CBC7
text
#160C07
muted
#847D7A

Preview Lab

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#C45E38 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva