#C65E32#C65E32

#C65E32 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.145 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C65E32
RGB	rgb(198, 94, 50)
HSL	hsl(18, 60%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(18, 75%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 74.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.11, 38.59, 43.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.11, 58.30, 48.56°)
OKLab	oklab(60.17% 0.1076 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(60.17% 0.145 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8698, 20.2450, 5.4570)
Luminance	0.2024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C65E32 #329AC6

analogous

#C63250 #C65E32 #C6A832

triadic

#C65E32 #32C65E #5E32C6

tetradic

#C65E32 #50C632 #329AC6 #A832C6

square

#C65E32 #50C632 #329AC6 #A832C6

split-complementary

#C65E32 #32C6A8 #3250C6

monochromatic

#643019 #954726 #C65E32 #D7825F #E3A890

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#C65E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#C65E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C65E32

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C65E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C65E32	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D94855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c65e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 94, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.145 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8e6c',
    500: '#c65e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c65e32;
$custom-light: #de8e6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c65e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.838,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60167,
    "c": 0.14501,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C65E32

secondary

#86B8CD

accent

#B4E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C65E32

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

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