#C4562D#C4562D

#C4562D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.151 H 39.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4562D
RGB	rgb(196, 86, 45)
HSL	hsl(16, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 77%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.20, 41.59, 44.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.20, 60.64, 46.69°)
OKLab	oklab(58.63% 0.1161 0.0971)
OKLCH	oklch(58.63% 0.151 39.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5691, 18.5843, 4.6702)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4562D #2D9BC4

analogous

#C42D50 #C4562D #C4A12D

triadic

#C4562D #2DC456 #562DC4

tetradic

#C4562D #50C42D #2D9BC4 #A12DC4

square

#C4562D #50C42D #2D9BC4 #A12DC4

split-complementary

#C4562D #2DC4A1 #2D50C4

monochromatic

#602A16 #924022 #C4562D #D87956 #E4A188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#C4562D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#C4562D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4562D

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4562D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4562D	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90812A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4562d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 86, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.151 39.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8968',
    500: '#c4562d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4562d;
$custom-light: #dd8968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4562d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.291,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58633,
    "c": 0.15131,
    "h": 39.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4562D

secondary

#80B8CD

accent

#B9E642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C06

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4562D

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

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