#C4552C#C4552C

#C4552C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.152 H 39.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4552C
RGB	rgb(196, 85, 44)
HSL	hsl(16, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 77.6%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.00, 42.04, 44.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.00, 61.16, 46.58°)
OKLab	oklab(58.48% 0.1173 0.0974)
OKLCH	oklch(58.48% 0.152 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4708, 18.4181, 4.5435)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4552C #2C9BC4

analogous

#C42C4F #C4552C #C4A12C

triadic

#C4552C #2CC455 #552CC4

tetradic

#C4552C #4FC42C #2C9BC4 #A12CC4

square

#C4552C #4FC42C #2C9BC4 #A12CC4

split-complementary

#C4552C #2CC4A1 #2C4FC4

monochromatic

#602A16 #923F21 #C4552C #D97854 #E4A086

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#C4552C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#C4552C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4552C

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4552C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4552C	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	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)

#746827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4552c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 85, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.152 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8868',
    500: '#c4552c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4552c;
$custom-light: #dd8868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4552c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.184,
    "s": 63.333,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5848,
    "c": 0.15248,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4552C

secondary

#7EB8CD

accent

#BAE641

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C06

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4552C

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

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