#C3542D#C3542D

#C3542D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.152 H 39.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3542D
RGB	rgb(195, 84, 45)
HSL	hsl(16, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 76.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.66, 42.19, 43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.66, 60.62, 45.89°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% 0.118 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.152 39.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.1524, 18.1357, 4.6055)
Luminance	0.1813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3542D #2D9CC3

analogous

#C32D51 #C3542D #C39F2D

triadic

#C3542D #2DC354 #542DC3

tetradic

#C3542D #51C32D #2D9CC3 #9F2DC3

square

#C3542D #51C32D #2D9CC3 #9F2DC3

split-complementary

#C3542D #2DC39F #2D51C3

monochromatic

#602916 #913F22 #C3542D #D87755 #E39F87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#C3542D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#C3542D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C3542D

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3542D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3542D	1.00	4.54	4.63	4.63
#FFFFFF	4.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D63B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3542d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 84, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.152 39.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8768',
    500: '#c3542d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3542d;
$custom-light: #dd8768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3542d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.6,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58195,
    "c": 0.152,
    "h": 39.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3542D

secondary

#7FB9CD

accent

#BBE642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3542D

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

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