#C9502A#C9502A

#C9502A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.163 H 37.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9502A
RGB	rgb(201, 80, 42)
HSL	hsl(14, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(14, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.2%, 79.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.89, 46.20, 45.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.89, 64.89, 44.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% 0.1293 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.163 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.3769, 18.3258, 4.2857)
Luminance	0.1832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9502A #2AA3C9

analogous

#C92A53 #C9502A #C9A02A

triadic

#C9502A #2AC950 #502AC9

tetradic

#C9502A #53C92A #2AA3C9 #A02AC9

square

#C9502A #53C92A #2AA3C9 #A02AC9

split-complementary

#C9502A #2AC9A0 #2A53C9

monochromatic

#642815 #963C1F #C9502A #DB7555 #E69E87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#C9502A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#C9502A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9502A

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9502A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9502A	1.00	4.50	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD3248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9502a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 80, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.163 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28566',
    500: '#c9502a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9502a;
$custom-light: #e28566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9502a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.34,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58548,
    "c": 0.1628,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9502A

secondary

#7FBCD0

accent

#C0E83F

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EB

border

#D6CBC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9502A

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

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