#C4552B#C4552B

#C4552B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.153 H 40.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4552B
RGB	rgb(196, 85, 43)
HSL	hsl(16, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.99, 42.00, 44.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.99, 61.49, 46.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.47% 0.117 0.0982)
OKLCH	oklch(58.47% 0.153 40)
XYZ	xyz(26.4522, 18.4107, 4.4457)
Luminance	0.1841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4552B #2B9AC4

analogous

#C42B4D #C4552B #C4A22B

triadic

#C4552B #2BC455 #552BC4

tetradic

#C4552B #4DC42B #2B9AC4 #A22BC4

square

#C4552B #4DC42B #2B9AC4 #A22BC4

split-complementary

#C4552B #2BC4A2 #2B4DC4

monochromatic

#602915 #923F20 #C4552B #D97853 #E49F85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#C4552B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#C4552B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4552B

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4552B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4552B	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4552b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 85, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.153 40.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8867',
    500: '#c4552b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4552b;
$custom-light: #de8867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4552b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.471,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58471,
    "c": 0.15276,
    "h": 40
  },
  "luminance": 0.18407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4552B

secondary

#7DB8CE

accent

#B9E741

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C06

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4552B

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

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