#C3542F#C3542F

#C3542F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.151 H 38.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3542F
RGB	rgb(195, 84, 47)
HSL	hsl(15, 61%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 75.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.68, 42.27, 42.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.68, 59.96, 45.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.22% 0.1186 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(58.22% 0.151 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1918, 18.1515, 4.8131)
Luminance	0.1815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3542F #2F9EC3

analogous

#C32F54 #C3542F #C39E2F

triadic

#C3542F #2FC354 #542FC3

tetradic

#C3542F #54C32F #2F9EC3 #9E2FC3

square

#C3542F #54C32F #2F9EC3 #9E2FC3

split-complementary

#C3542F #2FC39E #2F54C3

monochromatic

#602A17 #923F23 #C3542F #D77858 #E3A08A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#C3542F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.63

#C3542F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C3542F

4.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3542F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3542F	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)

#73672A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D63B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3542f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 84, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.151 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd876a',
    500: '#c3542f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3542f;
$custom-light: #dd876a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3542f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 61.157,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58215,
    "c": 0.15145,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3542F

secondary

#81BACD

accent

#BCE444

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160B06

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3542F

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

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