#C2542C#C2542C

#C2542C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.151 H 39.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2542C
RGB	rgb(194, 84, 44)
HSL	hsl(16, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 77.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.49, 41.77, 43.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.49, 60.53, 46.36°)
OKLab	oklab(58.03% 0.1166 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(58.03% 0.151 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.8758, 17.9953, 4.4932)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2542C #2C9AC2

analogous

#C22C4F #C2542C #C29F2C

triadic

#C2542C #2CC254 #542CC2

tetradic

#C2542C #4FC22C #2C9AC2 #9F2CC2

square

#C2542C #4FC22C #2C9AC2 #9F2CC2

split-complementary

#C2542C #2CC29F #2C4FC2

monochromatic

#5E2915 #903E21 #C2542C #D87753 #E39E85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#C2542C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#C2542C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C2542C

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2542C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2542C	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)

#736627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D53B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2542c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 84, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.151 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8768',
    500: '#c2542c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2542c;
$custom-light: #dc8768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2542c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16,
    "s": 63.025,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58032,
    "c": 0.15121,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2542C

secondary

#7DB7CD

accent

#BAE642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2542C

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

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