#C9523B#C9523B

#C9523B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.157 H 32.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9523B
RGB	rgb(201, 82, 59)
HSL	hsl(10, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.2%, 70.6%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.42, 46.00, 37.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.42, 59.15, 38.96°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% 0.1318 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.157 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8969, 18.7716, 6.2911)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9523B #3BB2C9

analogous

#C93B6B #C9523B #C9993B

triadic

#C9523B #3BC952 #523BC9

tetradic

#C9523B #6BC93B #3BB2C9 #993BC9

square

#C9523B #6BC93B #3BB2C9 #993BC9

split-complementary

#C9523B #3BC999 #3B6BC9

monochromatic

#6C2A1E #9C3D2B #C9523B #D67C6B #E3A79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#C9523B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#C9523B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9523B

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9523B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9523B	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)

#726838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9523b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 82, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.157 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18772',
    500: '#c9523b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9523b;
$custom-light: #e18772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9523b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.718,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59005,
    "c": 0.15674,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.18768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9523B

secondary

#90C5CF

accent

#C7E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9523B

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

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