#C4522C#C4522C

#C4522C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.155 H 38.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4522C
RGB	rgb(196, 82, 44)
HSL	hsl(15, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 77.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.44, 43.49, 43.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.44, 61.76, 45.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% 0.1217 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.155 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2396, 17.9558, 4.4665)
Luminance	0.1795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4522C #2C9EC4

analogous

#C42C52 #C4522C #C49E2C

triadic

#C4522C #2CC452 #522CC4

tetradic

#C4522C #52C42C #2C9EC4 #9E2CC4

square

#C4522C #52C42C #2C9EC4 #9E2CC4

split-complementary

#C4522C #2CC49E #2C52C4

monochromatic

#602816 #923D21 #C4522C #D97654 #E49E86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#C4522C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#C4522C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4522C

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4522C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4522C	1.00	4.57	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.57	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)

#726627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7384A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4522c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 82, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.155 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8668',
    500: '#c4522c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4522c;
$custom-light: #de8668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4522c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58058,
    "c": 0.15516,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4522C

secondary

#7EBACD

accent

#BDE641

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4522C

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

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