#C8572E#C8572E

#C8572E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.154 H 39.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8572E
RGB	rgb(200, 87, 46)
HSL	hsl(16, 63%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(16, 77%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.5%, 77%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.03, 42.66, 44.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.03, 61.78, 46.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% 0.1192 0.0983)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.154 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.7236, 19.2967, 4.8490)
Luminance	0.1929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8572E #2E9FC8

analogous

#C82E52 #C8572E #C8A42E

triadic

#C8572E #2EC857 #572EC8

tetradic

#C8572E #52C82E #2E9FC8 #A42EC8

square

#C8572E #52C82E #2E9FC8 #A42EC8

split-complementary

#C8572E #2EC8A4 #2E52C8

monochromatic

#642C17 #964123 #C8572E #D97C5A #E5A38C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#C8572E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#C8572E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C8572E

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8572E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8572E	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92832B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC3E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8572e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 87, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.154 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08a69',
    500: '#c8572e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8572e;
$custom-light: #e08a69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8572e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 87,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.974,
    "s": 62.602,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59395,
    "c": 0.15444,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8572E

secondary

#83BBCF

accent

#BAE642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C06

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8572E

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

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