#C65A31#C65A31

#C65A31 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.149 H 40.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C65A31
RGB	rgb(198, 90, 49)
HSL	hsl(17, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(17, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 75.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.32, 40.55, 43.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.32, 59.37, 46.92°)
OKLab	oklab(59.56% 0.1134 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(59.56% 0.149 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5020, 19.5434, 5.2292)
Luminance	0.1954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C65A31 #319DC6

analogous

#C63152 #C65A31 #C6A431

triadic

#C65A31 #31C65A #5A31C6

tetradic

#C65A31 #52C631 #319DC6 #A431C6

square

#C65A31 #52C631 #319DC6 #A431C6

split-complementary

#C65A31 #31C6A4 #3152C6

monochromatic

#642D19 #954425 #C65A31 #D77F5D #E3A68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#C65A31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#C65A31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C65A31

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C65A31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C65A31	1.00	4.28	4.91	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786B2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92832E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D94351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c65a31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 90, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.149 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8b6b',
    500: '#c65a31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c65a31;
$custom-light: #de8b6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c65a31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.51,
    "s": 60.324,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59558,
    "c": 0.14877,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C65A31

secondary

#85BACE

accent

#B8E344

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C65A31

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

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