#C65F38#C65F38

#C65F38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.142 H 40.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C65F38
RGB	rgb(198, 95, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(16, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52%, 71.7%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.37, 38.36, 40.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.37, 56.06, 46.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.39% 0.1079 0.0925)
OKLCH	oklch(60.39% 0.142 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.0974, 20.4792, 6.2139)
Luminance	0.2048 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C65F38 #389FC6

analogous

#C63858 #C65F38 #C6A638

triadic

#C65F38 #38C65F #5F38C6

tetradic

#C65F38 #58C638 #389FC6 #A638C6

square

#C65F38 #58C638 #389FC6 #A638C6

split-complementary

#C65F38 #38C6A6 #3858C6

monochromatic

#67311D #96482B #C65F38 #D48567 #E2AB97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#C65F38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#C65F38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C65F38

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C65F38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C65F38	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#948636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D94A56

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c65f38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 95, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.142 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8f70',
    500: '#c65f38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c65f38;
$custom-light: #de8f70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c65f38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.479,
    "s": 55.906,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60386,
    "c": 0.14213,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C65F38

secondary

#8DBBCD

accent

#B6DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C65F38

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

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