#C2542E#C2542E

#C2542E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.151 H 38.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2542E
RGB	rgb(194, 84, 46)
HSL	hsl(15, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.7%, 76.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.51, 41.85, 42.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.51, 59.87, 45.65°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% 0.1172 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.151 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.9143, 18.0107, 4.6960)
Luminance	0.1801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2542E #2E9CC2

analogous

#C22E52 #C2542E #C29E2E

triadic

#C2542E #2EC254 #542EC2

tetradic

#C2542E #52C22E #2E9CC2 #9E2EC2

square

#C2542E #52C22E #2E9CC2 #9E2EC2

split-complementary

#C2542E #2EC29E #2E52C2

monochromatic

#5F2917 #913F22 #C2542E #D77756 #E39F88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.56

#C2542E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#C2542E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C2542E

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2542E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2542E	1.00	4.56	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.56	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)

#736629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D53B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2542e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 84, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.151 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8769',
    500: '#c2542e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2542e;
$custom-light: #dc8769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2542e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.405,
    "s": 61.667,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58052,
    "c": 0.15065,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2542E

secondary

#7FB9CC

accent

#BBE543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2542E

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

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