#C45F36#C45F36

#C45F36 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.141 H 41.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45F36
RGB	rgb(196, 95, 54)
HSL	hsl(17, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(17, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 72.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.05, 37.48, 41.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.05, 55.91, 47.91°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% 0.1051 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.141 41.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5256, 20.1899, 5.9369)
Luminance	0.2019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45F36 #369BC4

analogous

#C43654 #C45F36 #C4A636

triadic

#C45F36 #36C45F #5F36C4

tetradic

#C45F36 #54C436 #369BC4 #A636C4

square

#C45F36 #54C436 #369BC4 #A636C4

split-complementary

#C45F36 #36C4A6 #3654C4

monochromatic

#64301C #944829 #C45F36 #D48463 #E1AA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#C45F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#C45F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45F36

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45F36	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)

#7B6E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 95, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.141 41.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8e6f',
    500: '#c45f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45f36;
$custom-light: #dc8e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.324,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60072,
    "c": 0.14063,
    "h": 41.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45F36

secondary

#89B9CC

accent

#B4E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45F36

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

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