#C4562E#C4562E

#C4562E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.151 H 39.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4562E
RGB	rgb(196, 86, 46)
HSL	hsl(16, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 76.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.21, 41.63, 43.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.21, 60.31, 46.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.64% 0.1164 0.0963)
OKLCH	oklch(58.64% 0.151 39.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5886, 18.5921, 4.7728)
Luminance	0.1859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4562E #2E9CC4

analogous

#C42E51 #C4562E #C4A12E

triadic

#C4562E #2EC456 #562EC4

tetradic

#C4562E #51C42E #2E9CC4 #A12EC4

square

#C4562E #51C42E #2E9CC4 #A12EC4

split-complementary

#C4562E #2EC4A1 #2E51C4

monochromatic

#612B17 #924022 #C4562E #D87A58 #E3A189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#C4562E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#C4562E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4562E

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4562E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4562E	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)

#756829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F812B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73D4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4562e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 86, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.151 39.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8969',
    500: '#c4562e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4562e;
$custom-light: #dd8969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4562e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58643,
    "c": 0.15102,
    "h": 39.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4562E

secondary

#81B9CD

accent

#BAE543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C06

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4562E

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

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