#C45E39#C45E39

#C45E39 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.140 H 40.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45E39
RGB	rgb(196, 94, 57)
HSL	hsl(16, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(16, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.88, 38.14, 39.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.88, 55.07, 46.17°)
OKLab	oklab(59.95% 0.1076 0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(59.95% 0.14 40)
XYZ	xyz(27.5088, 20.0400, 6.2896)
Luminance	0.2004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45E39 #399FC4

analogous

#C4395A #C45E39 #C4A439

triadic

#C45E39 #39C45E #5E39C4

tetradic

#C45E39 #5AC439 #399FC4 #A439C4

square

#C45E39 #5AC439 #399FC4 #A439C4

split-complementary

#C45E39 #39C4A4 #395AC4

monochromatic

#65311D #95472B #C45E39 #D38467 #E1AA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#C45E39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#C45E39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45E39

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45E39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45E39	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	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)

#7A6E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74956

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45e39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 94, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.140 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8e71',
    500: '#c45e39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45e39;
$custom-light: #dc8e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45e39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.971,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59954,
    "c": 0.14047,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.20037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45E39

secondary

#8DBBCC

accent

#B7DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45E39

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

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