#C65E35#C65E35

#C65E35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.144 H 41.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C65E35
RGB	rgb(198, 94, 53)
HSL	hsl(17, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(17, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 73.2%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.14, 38.72, 42.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.14, 57.27, 47.46°)
OKLab	oklab(60.2% 0.1085 0.0947)
OKLCH	oklch(60.2% 0.144 41.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.9367, 20.2717, 5.8092)
Luminance	0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C65E35 #359DC6

analogous

#C63554 #C65E35 #C6A735

triadic

#C65E35 #35C65E #5E35C6

tetradic

#C65E35 #54C635 #359DC6 #A735C6

square

#C65E35 #54C635 #359DC6 #A735C6

split-complementary

#C65E35 #35C6A7 #3554C6

monochromatic

#65301B #964728 #C65E35 #D58363 #E2AA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#C65E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#C65E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C65E35

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C65E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C65E35	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)

#7B6E30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D94855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c65e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 94, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.144 41.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8e6e',
    500: '#c65e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c65e35;
$custom-light: #de8e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c65e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.966,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60199,
    "c": 0.14401,
    "h": 41.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C65E35

secondary

#8ABACD

accent

#B5E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C65E35

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

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