#C4572D#C4572D

#C4572D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.150 H 40.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4572D
RGB	rgb(196, 87, 45)
HSL	hsl(17, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(17, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 77%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.39, 41.10, 44.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.39, 60.44, 47.16°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% 0.1146 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.15 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6495, 18.7451, 4.6970)
Luminance	0.1874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4572D #2D9AC4

analogous

#C42D4E #C4572D #C4A32D

triadic

#C4572D #2DC457 #572DC4

tetradic

#C4572D #4EC42D #2D9AC4 #A32DC4

square

#C4572D #4EC42D #2D9AC4 #A32DC4

split-complementary

#C4572D #2DC4A3 #2D4EC4

monochromatic

#602B16 #924122 #C4572D #D87A56 #E4A188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#C4572D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#C4572D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4572D

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4572D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4572D	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	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)

#756928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90812A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4572d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 87, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.150 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8968',
    500: '#c4572d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4572d;
$custom-light: #dd8968;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4572d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.689,
    "s": 62.656,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58778,
    "c": 0.15043,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4572D

secondary

#80B8CD

accent

#B8E642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C06

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4572D

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

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