#C4572E#C4572E

#C4572E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.150 H 40.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4572E
RGB	rgb(196, 87, 46)
HSL	hsl(16, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 77%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 76.5%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.40, 41.14, 43.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.40, 60.11, 46.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% 0.1149 0.0967)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.15 40.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6690, 18.7529, 4.7996)
Luminance	0.1875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4572E #2E9BC4

analogous

#C42E50 #C4572E #C4A22E

triadic

#C4572E #2EC457 #572EC4

tetradic

#C4572E #50C42E #2E9BC4 #A22EC4

square

#C4572E #50C42E #2E9BC4 #A22EC4

split-complementary

#C4572E #2EC4A2 #2E50C4

monochromatic

#612B17 #924122 #C4572E #D87B58 #E3A289

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#C4572E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#C4572E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4572E

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4572E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4572E	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)

#756929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90812B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4572e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 87, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.150 40.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8969',
    500: '#c4572e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4572e;
$custom-light: #dd8969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4572e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.4,
    "s": 61.983,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58788,
    "c": 0.15014,
    "h": 40.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4572E

secondary

#81B8CD

accent

#B9E543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C06

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4572E

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

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