#C45F37#C45F37

#C45F37 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.140 H 41.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45F37
RGB	rgb(196, 95, 55)
HSL	hsl(17, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(17, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 71.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.06, 37.53, 40.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.06, 55.57, 47.52°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% 0.1054 0.0926)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.14 41.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5493, 20.1994, 6.0618)
Luminance	0.2020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45F37 #379CC4

analogous

#C43756 #C45F37 #C4A637

triadic

#C45F37 #37C45F #5F37C4

tetradic

#C45F37 #56C437 #379CC4 #A637C4

square

#C45F37 #56C437 #379CC4 #A637C4

split-complementary

#C45F37 #37C4A6 #3756C4

monochromatic

#64311C #94482A #C45F37 #D48465 #E1AA94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#C45F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#C45F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45F37

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45F37	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)

#7B6E33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 95, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.140 41.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8e6f',
    500: '#c45f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45f37;
$custom-light: #dc8e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.021,
    "s": 56.175,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60084,
    "c": 0.14029,
    "h": 41.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45F37

secondary

#8BBACC

accent

#B5DF48

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45F37

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

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