#C9522A#C9522A

#C9522A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.161 H 38.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9522A
RGB	rgb(201, 82, 42)
HSL	hsl(15, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.2%, 79.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.24, 45.27, 45.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.24, 64.48, 45.41°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% 0.1264 0.0998)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.161 38.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.5256, 18.6231, 4.3352)
Luminance	0.1862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9522A #2AA1C9

analogous

#C92A52 #C9522A #C9A12A

triadic

#C9522A #2AC952 #522AC9

tetradic

#C9522A #52C92A #2AA1C9 #A12AC9

square

#C9522A #52C92A #2AA1C9 #A12AC9

split-complementary

#C9522A #2AC9A1 #2A52C9

monochromatic

#642915 #963D1F #C9522A #DB7755 #E69F87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#C9522A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#C9522A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9522A

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9522A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9522A	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#736724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD354A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9522a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 82, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.161 38.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e28766',
    500: '#c9522a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9522a;
$custom-light: #e28766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9522a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.094,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58816,
    "c": 0.16101,
    "h": 38.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9522A

secondary

#7FBBD0

accent

#BEE83F

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EB

border

#D6CBC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9522A

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

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