#C4572B#C4572B

#C4572B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.151 H 41.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4572B
RGB	rgb(196, 87, 43)
HSL	hsl(17, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(17, 78%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 78.1%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.37, 41.02, 45.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.37, 61.11, 47.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.76% 0.114 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(58.76% 0.151 41)
XYZ	xyz(26.6119, 18.7301, 4.4990)
Luminance	0.1873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4572B #2B98C4

analogous

#C42B4B #C4572B #C4A42B

triadic

#C4572B #2BC457 #572BC4

tetradic

#C4572B #4BC42B #2B98C4 #A42BC4

square

#C4572B #4BC42B #2B98C4 #A42BC4

split-complementary

#C4572B #2BC4A4 #2B4BC4

monochromatic

#602A15 #924120 #C4572B #D97A53 #E4A085

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#C4572B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#C4572B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4572B

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4572B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4572B	1.00	4.43	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#756925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4572b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 87, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.151 41.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8967',
    500: '#c4572b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4572b;
$custom-light: #dd8967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4572b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.255,
    "s": 64.017,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58759,
    "c": 0.15101,
    "h": 41
  },
  "luminance": 0.18727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4572B

secondary

#7DB6CE

accent

#B7E741

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C06

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4572B

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

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