#C0522B#C0522B

#C0522B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.151 H 39.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C0522B
RGB	rgb(192, 82, 43)
HSL	hsl(16, 63%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 78%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.3%, 77.6%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.78, 41.95, 43.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.78, 60.42, 46.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.43% 0.1172 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(57.43% 0.151 39.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.1942, 17.4189, 4.3205)
Luminance	0.1741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C0522B #2B99C0

analogous

#C02B4E #C0522B #C09C2B

triadic

#C0522B #2BC052 #522BC0

tetradic

#C0522B #4EC02B #2B99C0 #9C2BC0

square

#C0522B #4EC02B #2B99C0 #9C2BC0

split-complementary

#C0522B #2BC09C #2B4EC0

monochromatic

#5C2715 #8E3D20 #C0522B #D87450 #E39C82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#C0522B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#C0522B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C0522B

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C0522B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C0522B	1.00	4.68	4.48	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C7D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3394A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c0522b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(192, 82, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.151 39.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8667',
    500: '#c0522b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c0522b;
$custom-light: #db8667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c0522b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 192,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.705,
    "s": 63.404,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5743,
    "c": 0.15111,
    "h": 39.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C0522B

secondary

#7BB7CC

accent

#BBE641

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C0522B

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

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