#C94E24#C94E24

#C94E24 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.180; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.166 H 38.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C94E24
RGB	rgb(201, 78, 36)
HSL	hsl(15, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(15, 82%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 82.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.49, 46.93, 48.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.49, 67.17, 45.68°)
OKLab	oklab(58.23% 0.1305 0.1026)
OKLCH	oklch(58.23% 0.166 38.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.1332, 17.9975, 3.7138)
Luminance	0.1799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C94E24 #249FC9

analogous

#C9244D #C94E24 #C9A124

triadic

#C94E24 #24C94E #4E24C9

tetradic

#C94E24 #4DC924 #249FC9 #A124C9

square

#C94E24 #4DC924 #249FC9 #A124C9

split-complementary

#C94E24 #24C9A1 #244DC9

monochromatic

#612611 #953A1B #C94E24 #DF714B #E89A7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.57

#C94E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.60

#C94E24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C94E24

4.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C94E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C94E24	1.00	4.57	4.60	4.60
#FFFFFF	4.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71641D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F801F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD2E46

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c94e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 78, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.166 38.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28462',
    500: '#c94e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c94e24;
$custom-light: #e28462;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c94e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.273,
    "s": 69.62,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58234,
    "c": 0.16595,
    "h": 38.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C94E24

secondary

#78BAD1

accent

#BFEC3B

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEEFEB

border

#D6CAC6

text

#170B05

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C94E24

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

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