#C9512F#C9512F

#C9512F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.161 H 36.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9512F
RGB	rgb(201, 81, 47)
HSL	hsl(13, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(13, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.7%, 76.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.11, 45.92, 43.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.11, 63.10, 43.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.73% 0.1293 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(58.73% 0.161 36.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5458, 18.5114, 4.8113)
Luminance	0.1851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9512F #2FA7C9

analogous

#C92F5A #C9512F #C99E2F

triadic

#C9512F #2FC951 #512FC9

tetradic

#C9512F #5AC92F #2FA7C9 #9E2FC9

square

#C9512F #5AC92F #2FA7C9 #9E2FC9

split-complementary

#C9512F #2FC99E #2F5AC9

monochromatic

#662918 #973D23 #C9512F #D9785C #E5A18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#C9512F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#C9512F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9512F

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9512F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9512F	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72672B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90812B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9512f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 81, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.161 36.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1866a',
    500: '#c9512f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9512f;
$custom-light: #e1866a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9512f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.247,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58731,
    "c": 0.16067,
    "h": 36.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9512F

secondary

#85BFCF

accent

#C1E543

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EB

border

#D6CBC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9512F

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →