#C4522B#C4522B

#C4522B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.155 H 38.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4522B
RGB	rgb(196, 82, 43)
HSL	hsl(15, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.43, 43.45, 44.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.43, 62.09, 45.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.05% 0.1214 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(58.05% 0.155 38.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.2210, 17.9483, 4.3687)
Luminance	0.1794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4522B #2B9DC4

analogous

#C42B51 #C4522B #C49F2B

triadic

#C4522B #2BC452 #522BC4

tetradic

#C4522B #51C42B #2B9DC4 #9F2BC4

square

#C4522B #51C42B #2B9DC4 #9F2BC4

split-complementary

#C4522B #2BC49F #2B51C4

monochromatic

#602815 #923D20 #C4522B #D97553 #E49D85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#C4522B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#C4522B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4522B

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4522B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4522B	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)

#726626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7374A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4522b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 82, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.155 38.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8667',
    500: '#c4522b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4522b;
$custom-light: #de8667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4522b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.294,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58048,
    "c": 0.15542,
    "h": 38.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4522B

secondary

#7DB9CE

accent

#BDE741

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4522B

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

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