#C6542A#C6542A

#C6542A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.156 H 39.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C6542A
RGB	rgb(198, 84, 42)
HSL	hsl(16, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 78.8%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.12, 43.21, 45.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.12, 62.84, 46.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.63% 0.1203 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(58.63% 0.156 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8798, 18.5172, 4.3488)
Luminance	0.1851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C6542A #2A9CC6

analogous

#C62A4E #C6542A #C6A22A

triadic

#C6542A #2AC654 #542AC6

tetradic

#C6542A #4EC62A #2A9CC6 #A22AC6

square

#C6542A #4EC62A #2A9CC6 #A22AC6

split-complementary

#C6542A #2AC6A2 #2A4EC6

monochromatic

#612915 #943F1F #C6542A #DA7753 #E59F85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#C6542A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#C6542A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C6542A

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C6542A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C6542A	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DA3A4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c6542a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(198, 84, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.156 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#df8766',
    500: '#c6542a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c6542a;
$custom-light: #df8766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c6542a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 198,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.154,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 47.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58627,
    "c": 0.15604,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C6542A

secondary

#7DB9CE

accent

#BBE840

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C06

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C6542A

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

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