#C45F39#C45F39

#C45F39 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.140 H 40.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45F39
RGB	rgb(196, 95, 57)
HSL	hsl(16, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(16, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 70.9%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.08, 37.63, 39.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.08, 54.88, 46.71°)
OKLab	oklab(60.11% 0.1061 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(60.11% 0.14 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.5983, 20.2190, 6.3194)
Luminance	0.2022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45F39 #399EC4

analogous

#C43958 #C45F39 #C4A539

triadic

#C45F39 #39C45F #5F39C4

tetradic

#C45F39 #58C439 #399EC4 #A539C4

square

#C45F39 #58C439 #399EC4 #A539C4

split-complementary

#C45F39 #39C4A5 #3958C4

monochromatic

#65311D #95482B #C45F39 #D38567 #E1AB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#C45F39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#C45F39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45F39

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45F39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45F39	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	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)

#7A6E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D74A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45f39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 95, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.140 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8e71',
    500: '#c45f39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45f39;
$custom-light: #dc8e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45f39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.403,
    "s": 54.941,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60108,
    "c": 0.13959,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45F39

secondary

#8DBBCC

accent

#B6DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45F39

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

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