#C65C35#C65C35

#C65C35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.146 H 40.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C65C35
RGB	rgb(198, 92, 53)
HSL	hsl(16, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(16, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.5%, 73.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.75, 39.73, 41.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.75, 57.65, 46.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.9% 0.1116 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(59.9% 0.146 40)
XYZ	xyz(27.7612, 19.9206, 5.7506)
Luminance	0.1992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C65C35 #359FC6

analogous

#C63557 #C65C35 #C6A535

triadic

#C65C35 #35C65C #5C35C6

tetradic

#C65C35 #57C635 #359FC6 #A535C6

square

#C65C35 #57C635 #359FC6 #A535C6

split-complementary

#C65C35 #35C6A5 #3557C6

monochromatic

#652F1B #964628 #C65C35 #D58263 #E2A893

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#C65C35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#C65C35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C65C35

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C65C35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C65C35	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D94653

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c65c35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 92, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.146 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8d6e',
    500: '#c65c35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c65c35;
$custom-light: #de8d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c65c35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.138,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59898,
    "c": 0.14576,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.19917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C65C35

secondary

#8ABBCD

accent

#B8E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C65C35

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

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