#C1542E#C1542E

#C1542E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.150 H 39.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C1542E
RGB	rgb(193, 84, 46)
HSL	hsl(16, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 76.2%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.35, 41.47, 42.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.35, 59.45, 45.76°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% 0.1162 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.15 39)
XYZ	xyz(25.6584, 17.8788, 4.6841)
Luminance	0.1787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C1542E #2E9BC1

analogous

#C12E52 #C1542E #C19E2E

triadic

#C1542E #2EC154 #542EC1

tetradic

#C1542E #52C12E #2E9BC1 #9E2EC1

square

#C1542E #52C12E #2E9BC1 #9E2EC1

split-complementary

#C1542E #2EC19E #2E52C1

monochromatic

#5E2916 #903E22 #C1542E #D77756 #E29F87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#C1542E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#C1542E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C1542E

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C1542E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C1542E	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D43C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c1542e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(193, 84, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.150 39.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#db8769',
    500: '#c1542e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c1542e;
$custom-light: #db8769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c1542e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 193,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.51,
    "s": 61.506,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57899,
    "c": 0.14956,
    "h": 39
  },
  "luminance": 0.17875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C1542E

secondary

#7FB8CC

accent

#BBE543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C1542E

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

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