#C4552D#C4552D

#C4552D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.152 H 39.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4552D
RGB	rgb(196, 85, 45)
HSL	hsl(16, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 77%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.01, 42.08, 43.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.01, 60.83, 46.23°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% 0.1176 0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.152 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4898, 18.4257, 4.6437)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4552D #2D9CC4

analogous

#C42D51 #C4552D #C4A12D

triadic

#C4552D #2DC455 #552DC4

tetradic

#C4552D #51C42D #2D9CC4 #A12DC4

square

#C4552D #51C42D #2D9CC4 #A12DC4

split-complementary

#C4552D #2DC4A1 #2D51C4

monochromatic

#602A16 #923F22 #C4552D #D87856 #E4A088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#C4552D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#C4552D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4552D

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4552D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4552D	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)

#746828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F802A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4552d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 85, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.152 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8868',
    500: '#c4552d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4552d;
$custom-light: #dd8868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4552d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.894,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5849,
    "c": 0.1522,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4552D

secondary

#80B9CD

accent

#BAE642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C06

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4552D

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

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