#C9522F#C9522F

#C9522F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.160 H 36.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9522F
RGB	rgb(201, 82, 47)
HSL	hsl(14, 62%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(14, 77%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.2%, 76.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.29, 45.46, 43.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.29, 62.89, 43.71°)
OKLab	oklab(58.87% 0.1278 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(58.87% 0.16 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6207, 18.6611, 4.8363)
Luminance	0.1866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9522F #2FA6C9

analogous

#C92F59 #C9522F #C99F2F

triadic

#C9522F #2FC952 #522FC9

tetradic

#C9522F #59C92F #2FA6C9 #9F2FC9

square

#C9522F #59C92F #2FA6C9 #9F2FC9

split-complementary

#C9522F #2FC99F #2F59C9

monochromatic

#662A18 #973E23 #C9522F #D9795C #E5A28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#C9522F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#C9522F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9522F

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9522F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9522F	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#73672A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#90822B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD364B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9522f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 82, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.160 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1876a',
    500: '#c9522f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9522f;
$custom-light: #e1876a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9522f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.636,
    "s": 62.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58865,
    "c": 0.15976,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9522F

secondary

#85BECF

accent

#C0E543

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EB

border

#D6CBC6

text

#170B06

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9522F

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

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