#C4532B#C4532B

#C4532B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.155 H 39.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4532B
RGB	rgb(196, 83, 43)
HSL	hsl(16, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.62, 42.97, 44.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.62, 61.89, 46.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% 0.12 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.155 39.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2970, 18.1002, 4.3940)
Luminance	0.1810 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4532B #2B9CC4

analogous

#C42B50 #C4532B #C4A02B

triadic

#C4532B #2BC453 #532BC4

tetradic

#C4532B #50C42B #2B9CC4 #A02BC4

square

#C4532B #50C42B #2B9CC4 #A02BC4

split-complementary

#C4532B #2BC4A0 #2B50C4

monochromatic

#602815 #923E20 #C4532B #D97653 #E49E85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.55

#C4532B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#C4532B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4532B

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4532B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4532B	1.00	4.55	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7394B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4532b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 83, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.155 39.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8767',
    500: '#c4532b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4532b;
$custom-light: #de8767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4532b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.686,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58188,
    "c": 0.15452,
    "h": 39.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4532B

secondary

#7DB9CE

accent

#BCE741

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4532B

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

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