#C2522B#C2522B

#C2522B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.153 H 38.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2522B
RGB	rgb(194, 82, 43)
HSL	hsl(15, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(15, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 77.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.11, 42.70, 43.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.11, 61.25, 45.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% 0.1193 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.153 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.7042, 17.6818, 4.3444)
Luminance	0.1768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2522B #2B9BC2

analogous

#C22B4F #C2522B #C29E2B

triadic

#C2522B #2BC252 #522BC2

tetradic

#C2522B #4FC22B #2B9BC2 #9E2BC2

square

#C2522B #4FC22B #2B9BC2 #9E2BC2

split-complementary

#C2522B #2BC29E #2B4FC2

monochromatic

#5E2815 #903D20 #C2522B #D97452 #E49D84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#C2522B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#C2522B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C2522B

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2522B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C2522B	1.00	4.63	4.54	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5384A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2522b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 82, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.153 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8667',
    500: '#c2522b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2522b;
$custom-light: #dc8667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2522b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.497,
    "s": 63.713,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57739,
    "c": 0.15327,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2522B

secondary

#7CB8CD

accent

#BCE741

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2522B

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

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