#C4522E#C4522E

#C4522E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.155 H 37.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4522E
RGB	rgb(196, 82, 46)
HSL	hsl(14, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(14, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 76.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.46, 43.57, 42.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.46, 61.12, 44.53°)
OKLab	oklab(58.08% 0.1223 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(58.08% 0.155 37.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2781, 17.9712, 4.6693)
Luminance	0.1797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4522E #2EA0C4

analogous

#C42E55 #C4522E #C49D2E

triadic

#C4522E #2EC452 #522EC4

tetradic

#C4522E #55C42E #2EA0C4 #9D2EC4

square

#C4522E #55C42E #2EA0C4 #9D2EC4

split-complementary

#C4522E #2EC49D #2E55C4

monochromatic

#612917 #923D22 #C4522E #D87658 #E39F89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#C4522E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#C4522E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4522E

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4522E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4522E	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)

#726629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7384A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4522e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 82, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.155 37.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8669',
    500: '#c4522e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4522e;
$custom-light: #de8669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4522e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.4,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58078,
    "c": 0.15462,
    "h": 37.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4522E

secondary

#81BBCD

accent

#BEE543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4522E

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

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