#C3522A#C3522A

#C3522A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.155 H 39.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3522A
RGB	rgb(195, 82, 42)
HSL	hsl(16, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(16, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 78.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.26, 43.04, 44.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.26, 61.99, 46.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.88% 0.1201 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(57.88% 0.155 39)
XYZ	xyz(25.9436, 17.8074, 4.2611)
Luminance	0.1780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3522A #2A9BC3

analogous

#C32A4F #C3522A #C39F2A

triadic

#C3522A #2AC352 #522AC3

tetradic

#C3522A #4FC32A #2A9BC3 #9F2AC3

square

#C3522A #4FC32A #2A9BC3 #9F2AC3

split-complementary

#C3522A #2AC39F #2A4FC3

monochromatic

#5E2814 #913D1F #C3522A #D97451 #E49D83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#C3522A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#C3522A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C3522A

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3522A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C3522A	1.00	4.60	4.56	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6384A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3522a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 82, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.155 39.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8666',
    500: '#c3522a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3522a;
$custom-light: #dd8666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3522a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.686,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57884,
    "c": 0.15461,
    "h": 39
  },
  "luminance": 0.17804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3522A

secondary

#7BB8CD

accent

#BCE840

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3522A

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

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