#C7542A#C7542A

#C7542A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.157 H 39.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C7542A
RGB	rgb(199, 84, 42)
HSL	hsl(16, 65%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 79%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.8%, 78.9%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.28, 43.58, 45.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.28, 63.25, 46.45°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% 0.1214 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.157 39.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.1443, 18.6536, 4.3612)
Luminance	0.1865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C7542A #2A9DC7

analogous

#C72A4F #C7542A #C7A32A

triadic

#C7542A #2AC754 #542AC7

tetradic

#C7542A #4FC72A #2A9DC7 #A32AC7

square

#C7542A #4FC72A #2A9DC7 #A32AC7

split-complementary

#C7542A #2AC7A3 #2A4FC7

monochromatic

#622915 #943F1F #C7542A #DB7853 #E59F86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#C7542A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#C7542A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C7542A

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C7542A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C7542A	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DB394B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c7542a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(199, 84, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.157 39.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08866',
    500: '#c7542a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c7542a;
$custom-light: #e08866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c7542a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 199,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.051,
    "s": 65.145,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58781,
    "c": 0.15711,
    "h": 39.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C7542A

secondary

#7EB9CF

accent

#BBE840

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C06

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C7542A

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

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