#C45F33#C45F33

#C45F33 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.142 H 42.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45F33
RGB	rgb(196, 95, 51)
HSL	hsl(18, 59%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(18, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 74%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, 37.34, 43.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 56.95, 49.03°)
OKLab	oklab(60.04% 0.1041 0.0961)
OKLCH	oklch(60.04% 0.142 42.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4573, 20.1626, 5.5772)
Luminance	0.2016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45F33 #3398C4

analogous

#C4334F #C45F33 #C4A733

triadic

#C45F33 #33C45F #5F33C4

tetradic

#C45F33 #4FC433 #3398C4 #A733C4

square

#C45F33 #4FC433 #3398C4 #A733C4

split-complementary

#C45F33 #33C4A7 #334FC4

monochromatic

#63301A #934726 #C45F33 #D5835F #E2A88F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#C45F33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#C45F33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45F33

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45F33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45F33	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74A55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45f33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 95, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.142 42.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8e6d',
    500: '#c45f33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45f33;
$custom-light: #dd8e6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45f33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.207,
    "s": 58.704,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60039,
    "c": 0.14167,
    "h": 42.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45F33

secondary

#86B7CD

accent

#B3E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45F33

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

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