#C45F34#C45F34

#C45F34 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.141 H 42.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45F34
RGB	rgb(196, 95, 52)
HSL	hsl(18, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(18, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 73.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.03, 37.38, 42.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.03, 56.60, 48.67°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% 0.1044 0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.141 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4796, 20.1715, 5.6946)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45F34 #3499C4

analogous

#C43451 #C45F34 #C4A734

triadic

#C45F34 #34C45F #5F34C4

tetradic

#C45F34 #51C434 #3499C4 #A734C4

square

#C45F34 #51C434 #3499C4 #A734C4

split-complementary

#C45F34 #34C4A7 #3451C4

monochromatic

#63301A #944827 #C45F34 #D58360 #E2A991

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#C45F34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#C45F34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45F34

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45F34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45F34	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)

#7B6E2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45f34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 95, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.141 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8e6d',
    500: '#c45f34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45f34;
$custom-light: #dd8e6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45f34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.917,
    "s": 58.065,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6005,
    "c": 0.14133,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45F34

secondary

#87B8CC

accent

#B3E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45F34

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

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