#C4532D#C4532D

#C4532D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.181; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.154 H 38.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4532D
RGB	rgb(196, 83, 45)
HSL	hsl(15, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 77%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.64, 43.05, 43.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.64, 61.23, 45.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% 0.1206 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.154 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.3346, 18.1153, 4.5920)
Luminance	0.1811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4532D #2D9EC4

analogous

#C42D53 #C4532D #C49E2D

triadic

#C4532D #2DC453 #532DC4

tetradic

#C4532D #53C42D #2D9EC4 #9E2DC4

square

#C4532D #53C42D #2D9EC4 #9E2DC4

split-complementary

#C4532D #2DC49E #2D53C4

monochromatic

#602916 #923E22 #C4532D #D87756 #E49F88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.54

#C4532D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.62

#C4532D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4532D

4.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4532D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4532D	1.00	4.54	4.62	4.62
#FFFFFF	4.54	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)

#726628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E7F29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7394B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4532d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 83, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.154 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8768',
    500: '#c4532d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4532d;
$custom-light: #de8768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4532d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.099,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58207,
    "c": 0.15399,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4532D

secondary

#80BACD

accent

#BDE642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4532D

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

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