#C3542C#C3542C

#C3542C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.152 H 39.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#C3542C
RGBrgb(195, 84, 44)
HSLhsl(16, 63%, 47%)
HSVhsv(16, 77%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 56.9%, 77.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(49.65, 42.15, 44.02)
CIE-LCHlch(49.65, 60.94, 46.24°)
OKLaboklab(58.18% 0.1177 0.0966)
OKLCHoklch(58.18% 0.152 39.4)
XYZxyz(26.1333, 18.1281, 4.5053)
Luminance0.1812 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#C3542C #2C9BC3
analogous
#C32C50 #C3542C #C3A02C
triadic
#C3542C #2CC354 #542CC3
tetradic
#C3542C #50C32C #2C9BC3 #A02CC3
square
#C3542C #50C32C #2C9BC3 #A02CC3
split-complementary
#C3542C #2CC3A0 #2C50C3
monochromatic
#5F2915 #913E21 #C3542C #D87754 #E49F86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54
#C3542C on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63
#C3542C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C3542C
4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##C3542C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##C3542C1.004.544.634.63
#FFFFFF4.541.0021.0021.00
#0000004.6321.001.001.00
##0000004.6321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#736727
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#8E7F29
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#D63B4C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #c3542c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 84, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.152 39.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8768',
    500: '#c3542c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #c3542c;
$custom-light: #dd8768;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#c3542c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.894,
    "s": 63.18,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58185,
    "c": 0.15229,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#C3542C
secondary
#7EB8CD
accent
#BBE642
background
#FEF8F6
surface
#FDF0EB
border
#D5CBC6
text
#170B06
muted
#857C7A

Preview Lab

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#C3542C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva