#C9523A#C9523A

#C9523A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.157 H 33.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9523A
RGB	rgb(201, 82, 58)
HSL	hsl(10, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.2%, 71.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.41, 45.95, 37.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.41, 59.45, 39.40°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% 0.1314 0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.157 33.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.8712, 18.7613, 6.1558)
Luminance	0.1876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9523A #3AB1C9

analogous

#C93A69 #C9523A #C9993A

triadic

#C9523A #3AC952 #523AC9

tetradic

#C9523A #69C93A #3AB1C9 #993AC9

square

#C9523A #69C93A #3AB1C9 #993AC9

split-complementary

#C9523A #3AC999 #3A69C9

monochromatic

#6B2A1D #9B3D2B #C9523A #D67C6A #E3A69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#C9523A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#C9523A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9523A

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9523A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9523A	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9523a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 82, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.157 33.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18771',
    500: '#c9523a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9523a;
$custom-light: #e18771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9523a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.07,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58992,
    "c": 0.15698,
    "h": 33.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9523A

secondary

#90C4CF

accent

#C7E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9523A

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

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