#C45F3E#C45F3E

#C45F3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.138 H 38.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C45F3E
RGB	rgb(196, 95, 62)
HSL	hsl(15, 53%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(15, 68%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.5%, 68.4%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.14, 37.90, 37.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.14, 53.20, 44.57°)
OKLab	oklab(60.17% 0.1078 0.086)
OKLCH	oklch(60.17% 0.138 38.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.7292, 20.2713, 7.0090)
Luminance	0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C45F3E #3EA3C4

analogous

#C43E60 #C45F3E #C4A23E

triadic

#C45F3E #3EC45F #5F3EC4

tetradic

#C45F3E #60C43E #3EA3C4 #A23EC4

square

#C45F3E #60C43E #3EA3C4 #A23EC4

split-complementary

#C45F3E #3EC4A2 #3E60C4

monochromatic

#683220 #97482E #C45F3E #D2866D #E1AD9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#C45F3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#C45F3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C45F3E

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C45F3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C45F3E	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6F3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93853C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D64B57

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c45f3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 95, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.138 38.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8e74',
    500: '#c45f3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c45f3e;
$custom-light: #dc8e74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c45f3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.776,
    "s": 53.175,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60171,
    "c": 0.13785,
    "h": 38.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C45F3E

secondary

#91BECD

accent

#B9DD4B

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C45F3E

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

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