#C2542B#C2542B

#C2542B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.151 H 39.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2542B
RGB	rgb(194, 84, 43)
HSL	hsl(16, 64%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 77.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.48, 41.73, 44.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.48, 60.85, 46.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.02% 0.1164 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(58.02% 0.151 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(25.8572, 17.9878, 4.3954)
Luminance	0.1798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2542B #2B99C2

analogous

#C22B4E #C2542B #C2A02B

triadic

#C2542B #2BC254 #542BC2

tetradic

#C2542B #4EC22B #2B99C2 #A02BC2

square

#C2542B #4EC22B #2B99C2 #A02BC2

split-complementary

#C2542B #2BC2A0 #2B4EC2

monochromatic

#5E2915 #903E20 #C2542B #D97652 #E49E84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#C2542B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#C2542B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C2542B

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2542B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2542B	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D53B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2542b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 84, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.151 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8767',
    500: '#c2542b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2542b;
$custom-light: #dc8767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2542b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.291,
    "s": 63.713,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58022,
    "c": 0.15149,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2542B

secondary

#7CB7CD

accent

#BAE741

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2542B

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

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