#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
RGB	rgb(196, 94, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(16, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.87, 38.09, 40.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.87, 55.41, 46.58°)
OKLab	oklab(59.94% 0.1073 0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(59.94% 0.141 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4841, 20.0301, 6.1595)
Luminance	0.2003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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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
##C45E38	1.00	4.20	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #C45E38

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

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