#C4542E#C4542E

#C4542E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.153 H 38.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4542E
RGB	rgb(196, 84, 46)
HSL	hsl(15, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(15, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 76.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.83, 42.61, 43.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.83, 60.71, 45.42°)
OKLab	oklab(58.36% 0.1194 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(58.36% 0.153 38.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.4311, 18.2772, 4.7203)
Luminance	0.1827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4542E #2E9EC4

analogous

#C42E53 #C4542E #C49F2E

triadic

#C4542E #2EC454 #542EC4

tetradic

#C4542E #53C42E #2E9EC4 #9F2EC4

square

#C4542E #53C42E #2E9EC4 #9F2EC4

split-complementary

#C4542E #2EC49F #2E53C4

monochromatic

#612A17 #923F22 #C4542E #D87858 #E3A089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#C4542E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#C4542E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4542E

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4542E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4542E	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)

#736729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F802B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73B4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4542e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 84, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.153 38.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8769',
    500: '#c4542e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4542e;
$custom-light: #dd8769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4542e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.2,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58358,
    "c": 0.15281,
    "h": 38.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4542E

secondary

#81BACD

accent

#BCE543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4542E

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

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