#C4552F#C4552F

#C4552F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.152 H 38.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4552F
RGB	rgb(196, 85, 47)
HSL	hsl(15, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.6%, 76%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.03, 42.16, 42.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.03, 60.18, 45.52°)
OKLab	oklab(58.51% 0.1182 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(58.51% 0.152 38.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5293, 18.4415, 4.8514)
Luminance	0.1844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4552F #2F9EC4

analogous

#C42F53 #C4552F #C49F2F

triadic

#C4552F #2FC455 #552FC4

tetradic

#C4552F #53C42F #2F9EC4 #9F2FC4

square

#C4552F #53C42F #2F9EC4 #9F2FC4

split-complementary

#C4552F #2FC49F #2F53C4

monochromatic

#612A17 #934023 #C4552F #D77959 #E3A18A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#C4552F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#C4552F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4552F

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4552F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4552F	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)

#74682A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F802C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4552f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 85, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.152 38.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd886a',
    500: '#c4552f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4552f;
$custom-light: #dd886a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4552f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.302,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5851,
    "c": 0.15163,
    "h": 38.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4552F

secondary

#82BACD

accent

#BBE443

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C06

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4552F

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

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