#C4542D#C4542D

#C4542D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.153 H 38.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4542D
RGB	rgb(196, 84, 45)
HSL	hsl(15, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 77%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.82, 42.57, 43.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.82, 61.03, 45.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% 0.1191 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.153 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4117, 18.2694, 4.6177)
Luminance	0.1827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4542D #2D9DC4

analogous

#C42D51 #C4542D #C4A02D

triadic

#C4542D #2DC454 #542DC4

tetradic

#C4542D #51C42D #2D9DC4 #A02DC4

square

#C4542D #51C42D #2D9DC4 #A02DC4

split-complementary

#C4542D #2DC4A0 #2D51C4

monochromatic

#602916 #923F22 #C4542D #D87856 #E49F88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#C4542D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#C4542D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4542D

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4542D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4542D	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F802A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4542d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 84, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.153 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8768',
    500: '#c4542d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4542d;
$custom-light: #dd8768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4542d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.497,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58348,
    "c": 0.15309,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4542D

secondary

#80B9CD

accent

#BBE642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4542D

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

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