#C4572F#C4572F

#C4572F is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.150 H 39.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C4572F
RGB	rgb(196, 87, 47)
HSL	hsl(16, 61%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.6%, 76%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.41, 41.18, 43.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.41, 59.78, 46.46°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% 0.1152 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.15 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6889, 18.7609, 4.9046)
Luminance	0.1876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C4572F #2F9CC4

analogous

#C42F52 #C4572F #C4A12F

triadic

#C4572F #2FC457 #572FC4

tetradic

#C4572F #52C42F #2F9CC4 #A12FC4

square

#C4572F #52C42F #2F9CC4 #A12FC4

split-complementary

#C4572F #2FC4A1 #2F52C4

monochromatic

#612B17 #934123 #C4572F #D77B59 #E3A28A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#C4572F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#C4572F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C4572F

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C4572F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C4572F	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)

#75692A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90812C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D73F4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c4572f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(196, 87, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.150 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd896a',
    500: '#c4572f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c4572f;
$custom-light: #dd896a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c4572f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 196,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.107,
    "s": 61.317,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58798,
    "c": 0.14985,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C4572F

secondary

#82B9CD

accent

#B9E443

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C06

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C4572F

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

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