#C94E23#C94E23

#C94E23 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.166 H 38.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94E23
RGB	rgb(201, 78, 35)
HSL	hsl(16, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 82.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.49, 46.90, 48.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.49, 67.47, 45.97°)
OKLab	oklab(58.23% 0.1302 0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(58.23% 0.166 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1182, 17.9915, 3.6345)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94E23 #239EC9

analogous

#C9234B #C94E23 #C9A123

triadic

#C94E23 #23C94E #4E23C9

tetradic

#C94E23 #4BC923 #239EC9 #A123C9

square

#C94E23 #4BC923 #239EC9 #A123C9

split-complementary

#C94E23 #23C9A1 #234BC9

monochromatic

#612611 #953A1A #C94E23 #DF714A #E99A7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#C94E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#C94E23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C94E23

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C94E23	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71641C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F801E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD2E46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 78, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.166 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28462',
    500: '#c94e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94e23;
$custom-light: #e28462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.542,
    "s": 70.339,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58226,
    "c": 0.16618,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94E23

secondary

#77BAD1

accent

#BFED3B

background

#FFF8F5

surface

#FEEFEA

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B05

muted

#857C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94E23

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

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