#C3522B#C3522B

#C3522B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.154 H 38.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3522B
RGB	rgb(195, 82, 43)
HSL	hsl(15, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 77.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.27, 43.08, 44.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.27, 61.67, 45.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.89% 0.1204 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(57.89% 0.154 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.9617, 17.8146, 4.3565)
Luminance	0.1781 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3522B #2B9CC3

analogous

#C32B50 #C3522B #C39E2B

triadic

#C3522B #2BC352 #522BC3

tetradic

#C3522B #50C32B #2B9CC3 #9E2BC3

square

#C3522B #50C32B #2B9CC3 #9E2BC3

split-complementary

#C3522B #2BC39E #2B50C3

monochromatic

#5F2815 #913D20 #C3522B #D97552 #E49D84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#C3522B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#C3522B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C3522B

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3522B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C3522B	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)

#726526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6384A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3522b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 82, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.154 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8667',
    500: '#c3522b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3522b;
$custom-light: #dd8667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3522b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.395,
    "s": 63.866,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57893,
    "c": 0.15435,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3522B

secondary

#7DB9CD

accent

#BCE741

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3522B

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

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