#C4552E#C4552E

#C4552E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.152 H 39.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4552E
RGB	rgb(196, 85, 46)
HSL	hsl(16, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 76.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.02, 42.12, 43.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.02, 60.51, 45.88°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% 0.1179 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.152 39.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.5093, 18.4335, 4.7463)
Luminance	0.1843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4552E #2E9DC4

analogous

#C42E52 #C4552E #C4A02E

triadic

#C4552E #2EC455 #552EC4

tetradic

#C4552E #52C42E #2E9DC4 #A02EC4

square

#C4552E #52C42E #2E9DC4 #A02EC4

split-complementary

#C4552E #2EC4A0 #2E52C4

monochromatic

#612A17 #924022 #C4552E #D87958 #E3A189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#C4552E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#C4552E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4552E

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4552E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4552E	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F802B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4552e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 85, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.152 39.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8869',
    500: '#c4552e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4552e;
$custom-light: #dd8869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4552e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.6,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.585,
    "c": 0.15192,
    "h": 39.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4552E

secondary

#81B9CD

accent

#BBE543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C06

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4552E

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

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