#C2542D#C2542D

#C2542D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.151 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2542D
RGB	rgb(194, 84, 45)
HSL	hsl(16, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 76.8%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.50, 41.81, 43.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.50, 60.20, 46.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% 0.1169 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.151 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.8948, 18.0029, 4.5934)
Luminance	0.1800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2542D #2D9BC2

analogous

#C22D50 #C2542D #C29F2D

triadic

#C2542D #2DC254 #542DC2

tetradic

#C2542D #50C22D #2D9BC2 #9F2DC2

square

#C2542D #50C22D #2D9BC2 #9F2DC2

split-complementary

#C2542D #2DC29F #2D50C2

monochromatic

#5F2916 #903E21 #C2542D #D77755 #E39F86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#C2542D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#C2542D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C2542D

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2542D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2542D	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)

#736628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D53B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2542d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 84, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.151 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8768',
    500: '#c2542d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2542d;
$custom-light: #dc8768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2542d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.705,
    "s": 62.343,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58042,
    "c": 0.15093,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2542D

secondary

#7EB8CD

accent

#BBE542

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2542D

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

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