#C4522A#C4522A

#C4522A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.156 H 38.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4522A
RGB	rgb(196, 82, 42)
HSL	hsl(16, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 79%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 78.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.42, 43.41, 44.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.42, 62.41, 45.92°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% 0.1212 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.156 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2029, 17.9411, 4.2732)
Luminance	0.1794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4522A #2A9CC4

analogous

#C42A4F #C4522A #C49F2A

triadic

#C4522A #2AC452 #522AC4

tetradic

#C4522A #4FC42A #2A9CC4 #9F2AC4

square

#C4522A #4FC42A #2A9CC4 #9F2AC4

split-complementary

#C4522A #2AC49F #2A4FC4

monochromatic

#5F2814 #923D1F #C4522A #DA7551 #E59D84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#C4522A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#C4522A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4522A

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4522A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4522A	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F26

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7374A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4522a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 82, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.156 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8666',
    500: '#c4522a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4522a;
$custom-light: #de8666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4522a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.584,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58039,
    "c": 0.15568,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4522A

secondary

#7CB9CE

accent

#BCE840

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4522A

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

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