#C95E38#C95E38

#C95E38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.146 H 39.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C95E38
RGB	rgb(201, 94, 56)
HSL	hsl(16, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(16, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.2%, 72.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.63, 40.03, 41.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.63, 57.51, 45.90°)
OKLab	oklab(60.67% 0.1128 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(60.67% 0.146 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.8067, 20.7121, 6.2215)
Luminance	0.2071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C95E38 #38A3C9

analogous

#C9385A #C95E38 #C9A638

triadic

#C95E38 #38C95E #5E38C9

tetradic

#C95E38 #5AC938 #38A3C9 #A638C9

square

#C95E38 #5AC938 #38A3C9 #A638C9

split-complementary

#C95E38 #38C9A6 #385AC9

monochromatic

#6A311D #9A472A #C95E38 #D68568 #E3AC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#C95E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.14

#C95E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C95E38

5.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C95E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C95E38	1.00	4.08	5.14	5.14
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B6F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#958735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC4856

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c95e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 94, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.146 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08e70',
    500: '#c95e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c95e38;
$custom-light: #e08e70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c95e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.724,
    "s": 57.312,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60673,
    "c": 0.1463,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C95E38

secondary

#8EBECF

accent

#B8E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170C07

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C95E38

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

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