#C65E36#C65E36

#C65E36 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.144 H 40.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C65E36
RGB	rgb(198, 94, 54)
HSL	hsl(17, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(17, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.5%, 72.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.15, 38.77, 41.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.15, 56.93, 47.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.21% 0.1088 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(60.21% 0.144 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.9599, 20.2810, 5.9316)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C65E36 #369EC6

analogous

#C63656 #C65E36 #C6A636

triadic

#C65E36 #36C65E #5E36C6

tetradic

#C65E36 #56C636 #369EC6 #A636C6

square

#C65E36 #56C636 #369EC6 #A636C6

split-complementary

#C65E36 #36C6A6 #3656C6

monochromatic

#66301C #964729 #C65E36 #D58464 #E2AA94

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#C65E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#C65E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C65E36

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C65E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C65E36	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948534

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D94855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c65e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 94, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.144 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8e6f',
    500: '#c65e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c65e36;
$custom-light: #de8e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c65e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.667,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6021,
    "c": 0.14367,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C65E36

secondary

#8BBBCD

accent

#B6E047

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C65E36

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

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