#C3542E#C3542E

#C3542E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.152 H 38.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3542E
RGB	rgb(195, 84, 46)
HSL	hsl(15, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 76.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.67, 42.23, 43.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.67, 60.29, 45.54°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% 0.1183 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.152 38.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1718, 18.1435, 4.7081)
Luminance	0.1814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3542E #2E9DC3

analogous

#C32E53 #C3542E #C39F2E

triadic

#C3542E #2EC354 #542EC3

tetradic

#C3542E #53C32E #2E9DC3 #9F2EC3

square

#C3542E #53C32E #2E9DC3 #9F2EC3

split-complementary

#C3542E #2EC39F #2E53C3

monochromatic

#602917 #913F22 #C3542E #D77857 #E39F88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#C3542E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#C3542E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C3542E

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3542E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3542E	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)

#736729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D63B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3542e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 84, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.152 38.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8769',
    500: '#c3542e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3542e;
$custom-light: #dd8769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3542e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.302,
    "s": 61.826,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58205,
    "c": 0.15172,
    "h": 38.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3542E

secondary

#80B9CD

accent

#BCE543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3542E

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

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