#C3522C#C3522C

#C3522C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.154 H 38.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3522C
RGB	rgb(195, 82, 44)
HSL	hsl(15, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.9%, 77.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.28, 43.12, 43.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.28, 61.34, 45.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% 0.1207 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.154 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.9803, 17.8220, 4.4543)
Luminance	0.1782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3522C #2C9DC3

analogous

#C32C52 #C3522C #C39E2C

triadic

#C3522C #2CC352 #522CC3

tetradic

#C3522C #52C32C #2C9DC3 #9E2CC3

square

#C3522C #52C32C #2C9DC3 #9E2CC3

split-complementary

#C3522C #2CC39E #2C52C3

monochromatic

#5F2815 #913D21 #C3522C #D87554 #E49D86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.60

#C3522C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#C3522C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C3522C

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3522C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C3522C	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)

#726527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D7F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6384A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3522c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 82, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.154 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8667',
    500: '#c3522c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3522c;
$custom-light: #dd8667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3522c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.099,
    "s": 63.18,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57903,
    "c": 0.15407,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3522C

secondary

#7EB9CD

accent

#BDE642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3522C

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

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