#C45F35#C45F35

#C45F35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.141 H 42.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45F35
RGB	rgb(196, 95, 53)
HSL	hsl(18, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(18, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 73%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.04, 37.43, 42.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.04, 56.26, 48.29°)
OKLab	oklab(60.06% 0.1048 0.0944)
OKLCH	oklch(60.06% 0.141 42)
XYZ	xyz(27.5024, 20.1806, 5.8144)
Luminance	0.2018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45F35 #359AC4

analogous

#C43553 #C45F35 #C4A735

triadic

#C45F35 #35C45F #5F35C4

tetradic

#C45F35 #53C435 #359AC4 #A735C4

square

#C45F35 #53C435 #359AC4 #A735C4

split-complementary

#C45F35 #35C4A7 #3553C4

monochromatic

#64301B #944828 #C45F35 #D48362 #E1A992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#C45F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#C45F35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45F35

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45F35	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6E30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 95, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.141 42.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8e6e',
    500: '#c45f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45f35;
$custom-light: #dc8e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.622,
    "s": 57.43,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60061,
    "c": 0.14098,
    "h": 42
  },
  "luminance": 0.20177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45F35

secondary

#88B8CC

accent

#B4E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45F35

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

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