#C3542B#C3542B

#C3542B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.153 H 39.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3542B
RGB	rgb(195, 84, 43)
HSL	hsl(16, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 77.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.64, 42.11, 44.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.64, 61.27, 46.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% 0.1174 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.153 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1148, 18.1207, 4.4075)
Luminance	0.1812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3542B #2B9AC3

analogous

#C32B4E #C3542B #C3A02B

triadic

#C3542B #2BC354 #542BC3

tetradic

#C3542B #4EC32B #2B9AC3 #A02BC3

square

#C3542B #4EC32B #2B9AC3 #A02BC3

split-complementary

#C3542B #2BC3A0 #2B4EC3

monochromatic

#5F2915 #913E20 #C3542B #D97752 #E49E84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#C3542B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#C3542B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C3542B

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3542B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3542B	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D63B4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3542b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 84, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.153 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8767',
    500: '#c3542b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3542b;
$custom-light: #dd8767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3542b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.184,
    "s": 63.866,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58175,
    "c": 0.15257,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3542B

secondary

#7DB7CD

accent

#BAE741

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3542B

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

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