#C65E25#C65E25

#C65E25 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.149 H 45.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C65E25
RGB	rgb(198, 94, 37)
HSL	hsl(21, 69%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(21, 81%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 81.3%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.00, 38.09, 49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.00, 62.66, 52.57°)
OKLab	oklab(60.05% 0.104 0.1069)
OKLCH	oklch(60.05% 0.149 45.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6281, 20.1483, 4.1840)
Luminance	0.2014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C65E25 #258DC6

analogous

#C6253C #C65E25 #C6AE25

triadic

#C65E25 #25C65E #5E25C6

tetradic

#C65E25 #3CC625 #258DC6 #AE25C6

square

#C65E25 #3CC625 #258DC6 #AE25C6

split-complementary

#C65E25 #25C6AE #253CC6

monochromatic

#5F2D12 #92461B #C65E25 #DD7F4B #E7A37E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#C65E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#C65E25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C65E25

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C65E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C65E25	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C6E1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958522

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D94753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c65e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 94, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.149 45.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8e64',
    500: '#c65e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c65e25;
$custom-light: #df8e64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c65e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.242,
    "s": 68.511,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60049,
    "c": 0.14911,
    "h": 45.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C65E25

secondary

#77B0CF

accent

#ADEB3C

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C06

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C65E25

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

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