#C3512A#C3512A

#C3512A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.177; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.156 H 38.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3512A
RGB	rgb(195, 81, 42)
HSL	hsl(15, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(15, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 78.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.08, 43.52, 44.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.08, 62.20, 45.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.75% 0.1216 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(57.75% 0.156 38.6)
XYZ	xyz(25.8688, 17.6577, 4.2361)
Luminance	0.1765 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3512A #2A9CC3

analogous

#C32A50 #C3512A #C39E2A

triadic

#C3512A #2AC351 #512AC3

tetradic

#C3512A #50C32A #2A9CC3 #9E2AC3

square

#C3512A #50C32A #2A9CC3 #9E2AC3

split-complementary

#C3512A #2AC39E #2A50C3

monochromatic

#5E2714 #913C1F #C3512A #D97451 #E49C83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.63

#C3512A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#C3512A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C3512A

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3512A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C3512A	1.00	4.63	4.53	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#716525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7E26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D63649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3512a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 81, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.156 38.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8566',
    500: '#c3512a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3512a;
$custom-light: #dd8566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3512a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.294,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57745,
    "c": 0.15551,
    "h": 38.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3512A

secondary

#7BB8CD

accent

#BDE840

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEB

border

#D5CAC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3512A

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

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