#C4522F#C4522F

#C4522F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.154 H 37.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4522F
RGB	rgb(196, 82, 47)
HSL	hsl(14, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.2%, 76%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.47, 43.61, 42.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.47, 60.79, 44.16°)
OKLab	oklab(58.09% 0.1226 0.0938)
OKLCH	oklch(58.09% 0.154 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2981, 17.9791, 4.7743)
Luminance	0.1798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4522F #2FA1C4

analogous

#C42F56 #C4522F #C49C2F

triadic

#C4522F #2FC452 #522FC4

tetradic

#C4522F #56C42F #2FA1C4 #9C2FC4

square

#C4522F #56C42F #2FA1C4 #9C2FC4

split-complementary

#C4522F #2FC49C #2F56C4

monochromatic

#612917 #933D23 #C4522F #D77759 #E39F8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#C4522F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#C4522F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4522F

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4522F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4522F	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72662B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4522f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 82, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.154 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8669',
    500: '#c4522f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4522f;
$custom-light: #dd8669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4522f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.094,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58088,
    "c": 0.15436,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4522F

secondary

#82BBCD

accent

#BFE443

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4522F

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

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