#C4562F#C4562F

#C4562F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.151 H 39.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4562F
RGB	rgb(196, 86, 47)
HSL	hsl(16, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.1%, 76%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.22, 41.67, 43.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.22, 59.98, 45.99°)
OKLab	oklab(58.65% 0.1167 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(58.65% 0.151 39.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.6085, 18.6001, 4.8778)
Luminance	0.1860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4562F #2F9DC4

analogous

#C42F52 #C4562F #C4A12F

triadic

#C4562F #2FC456 #562FC4

tetradic

#C4562F #52C42F #2F9DC4 #A12FC4

square

#C4562F #52C42F #2F9DC4 #A12FC4

split-complementary

#C4562F #2FC4A1 #2F52C4

monochromatic

#612B17 #934023 #C4562F #D77A59 #E3A28A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#C4562F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#C4562F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4562F

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4562F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4562F	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)

#74682A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F812C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4562f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 86, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.151 39.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd896a',
    500: '#c4562f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4562f;
$custom-light: #dd896a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4562f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 86,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.705,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58654,
    "c": 0.15074,
    "h": 39.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4562F

secondary

#82B9CD

accent

#BAE443

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C06

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4562F

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

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