#C2522C#C2522C

#C2522C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.153 H 38.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2522C
RGB	rgb(194, 82, 44)
HSL	hsl(15, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 77.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.12, 42.74, 43.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.12, 60.93, 45.45°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% 0.1196 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.153 38.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.7227, 17.6892, 4.4422)
Luminance	0.1769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2522C #2C9CC2

analogous

#C22C51 #C2522C #C29D2C

triadic

#C2522C #2CC252 #522CC2

tetradic

#C2522C #51C22C #2C9CC2 #9D2CC2

square

#C2522C #51C22C #2C9CC2 #9D2CC2

split-complementary

#C2522C #2CC29D #2C51C2

monochromatic

#5E2815 #903D21 #C2522C #D87553 #E39D85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#C2522C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.54

#C2522C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C2522C

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2522C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C2522C	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)

#716527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5384A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2522c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 82, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.153 38.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8667',
    500: '#c2522c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2522c;
$custom-light: #dc8667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2522c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.2,
    "s": 63.025,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57748,
    "c": 0.153,
    "h": 38.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2522C

secondary

#7DB9CD

accent

#BCE642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2522C

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

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