#C65A38#C65A38

#C65A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.147 H 37.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C65A38
RGB	rgb(198, 90, 56)
HSL	hsl(14, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(14, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.5%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.39, 40.87, 39.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.39, 57.04, 44.23°)
OKLab	oklab(59.64% 0.1156 0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(59.64% 0.147 37.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.6614, 19.6071, 6.0685)
Luminance	0.1960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C65A38 #38A4C6

analogous

#C6385D #C65A38 #C6A138

triadic

#C65A38 #38C65A #5A38C6

tetradic

#C65A38 #5DC638 #38A4C6 #A138C6

square

#C65A38 #5DC638 #38A4C6 #A138C6

split-complementary

#C65A38 #38C6A1 #385DC6

monochromatic

#672F1D #96442B #C65A38 #D48167 #E2A997

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#C65A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#C65A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C65A38

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C65A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C65A38	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D94352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c65a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 90, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.147 37.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8b70',
    500: '#c65a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c65a38;
$custom-light: #de8b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c65a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.366,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59637,
    "c": 0.14661,
    "h": 37.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C65A38

secondary

#8DBECD

accent

#BBDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C65A38

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

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