#C65A32#C65A32

#C65A32 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.148 H 40.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C65A32
RGB	rgb(198, 90, 50)
HSL	hsl(16, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(16, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 74.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.33, 40.59, 42.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.33, 59.04, 46.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.57% 0.1137 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(59.57% 0.148 40)
XYZ	xyz(27.5233, 19.5519, 5.3415)
Luminance	0.1955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C65A32 #329EC6

analogous

#C63254 #C65A32 #C6A432

triadic

#C65A32 #32C65A #5A32C6

tetradic

#C65A32 #54C632 #329EC6 #A432C6

square

#C65A32 #54C632 #329EC6 #A432C6

split-complementary

#C65A32 #32C6A4 #3254C6

monochromatic

#642E19 #954426 #C65A32 #D77F5F #E3A690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#C65A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#C65A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C65A32

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C65A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C65A32	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)

#786B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92832F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D94351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c65a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 90, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.148 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8b6c',
    500: '#c65a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c65a32;
$custom-light: #de8b6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c65a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.216,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59568,
    "c": 0.14846,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.19548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C65A32

secondary

#86BACD

accent

#B8E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C65A32

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

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