#C8542D#C8542D

#C8542D is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.157 H 38.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8542D
RGB	rgb(200, 84, 45)
HSL	hsl(15, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 78%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 77.5%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.47, 44.07, 44.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.47, 62.70, 45.35°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% 0.1233 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.157 38.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4663, 18.8132, 4.6671)
Luminance	0.1881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8542D #2DA1C8

analogous

#C82D53 #C8542D #C8A12D

triadic

#C8542D #2DC854 #542DC8

tetradic

#C8542D #53C82D #2DA1C8 #A12DC8

square

#C8542D #53C82D #2DA1C8 #A12DC8

split-complementary

#C8542D #2DC8A1 #2D53C8

monochromatic

#642A17 #963F22 #C8542D #DA7959 #E5A18B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#C8542D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#C8542D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8542D

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8542D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8542D	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8542d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 84, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.157 38.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18868',
    500: '#c8542d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8542d;
$custom-light: #e18868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8542d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 84,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.097,
    "s": 63.265,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58964,
    "c": 0.15739,
    "h": 38.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8542D

secondary

#82BBCF

accent

#BDE641

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C06

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8542D

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

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