#C2562C#C2562C

#C2562C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.149 H 40.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C2562C
RGB	rgb(194, 86, 44)
HSL	hsl(17, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(17, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.7%, 77.3%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.87, 40.79, 44.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.87, 60.14, 47.29°)
OKLab	oklab(58.32% 0.1136 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(58.32% 0.149 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.0332, 18.3102, 4.5457)
Luminance	0.1831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C2562C #2C98C2

analogous

#C22C4D #C2562C #C2A12C

triadic

#C2562C #2CC256 #562CC2

tetradic

#C2562C #4DC22C #2C98C2 #A12CC2

square

#C2562C #4DC22C #2C98C2 #A12CC2

split-complementary

#C2562C #2CC2A1 #2C4DC2

monochromatic

#5E2A15 #904021 #C2562C #D87853 #E39F85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#C2562C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#C2562C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C2562C

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C2562C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C2562C	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D53E4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c2562c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 86, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.149 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dc8868',
    500: '#c2562c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c2562c;
$custom-light: #dc8868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c2562c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.8,
    "s": 63.025,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5832,
    "c": 0.14945,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C2562C

secondary

#7DB6CD

accent

#B8E642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C06

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C2562C

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

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