#C65A33#C65A33

#C65A33 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.148 H 39.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C65A33
RGB	rgb(198, 90, 51)
HSL	hsl(16, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(16, 74%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 74.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.34, 40.64, 42.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.34, 58.70, 46.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% 0.114 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.148 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5451, 19.5607, 5.4564)
Luminance	0.1956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C65A33 #339FC6

analogous

#C63356 #C65A33 #C6A433

triadic

#C65A33 #33C65A #5A33C6

tetradic

#C65A33 #56C633 #339FC6 #A433C6

square

#C65A33 #56C633 #339FC6 #A433C6

split-complementary

#C65A33 #33C6A4 #3356C6

monochromatic

#652E1A #954426 #C65A33 #D67F60 #E3A691

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.28

#C65A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.91

#C65A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C65A33

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C65A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C65A33	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)

#786B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D94352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c65a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 90, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.148 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8b6d',
    500: '#c65a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c65a33;
$custom-light: #de8b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c65a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.918,
    "s": 59.036,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59579,
    "c": 0.14815,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C65A33

secondary

#87BBCD

accent

#B9E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C65A33

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

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