#C45F38#C45F38

#C45F38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.140 H 40.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45F38
RGB	rgb(196, 95, 56)
HSL	hsl(17, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(17, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 71.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.07, 37.58, 40.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.07, 55.22, 47.12°)
OKLab	oklab(60.1% 0.1057 0.0917)
OKLCH	oklch(60.1% 0.14 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.5736, 20.2091, 6.1893)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45F38 #389DC4

analogous

#C43857 #C45F38 #C4A538

triadic

#C45F38 #38C45F #5F38C4

tetradic

#C45F38 #57C438 #389DC4 #A538C4

square

#C45F38 #57C438 #389DC4 #A538C4

split-complementary

#C45F38 #38C4A5 #3857C4

monochromatic

#65311D #94482A #C45F38 #D38466 #E1AB96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#C45F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#C45F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45F38

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45F38	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)

#7B6E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 95, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.140 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8e70',
    500: '#c45f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45f38;
$custom-light: #dc8e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.714,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60096,
    "c": 0.13994,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45F38

secondary

#8CBACC

accent

#B5DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45F38

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

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