#C9523C#C9523C

#C9523C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.156 H 32.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9523C
RGB	rgb(201, 82, 60)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(9, 70%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.2%, 70.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.43, 46.05, 36.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.43, 58.86, 38.52°)
OKLab	oklab(59.02% 0.1321 0.0839)
OKLCH	oklch(59.02% 0.156 32.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.9231, 18.7821, 6.4290)
Luminance	0.1878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9523C #3CB3C9

analogous

#C93C6C #C9523C #C9983C

triadic

#C9523C #3CC952 #523CC9

tetradic

#C9523C #6CC93C #3CB3C9 #983CC9

square

#C9523C #6CC93C #3CB3C9 #983CC9

split-complementary

#C9523C #3CC998 #3C6CC9

monochromatic

#6D2A1E #9C3D2B #C9523C #D67D6C #E4A79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#C9523C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#C9523C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9523C

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9523C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9523C	1.00	4.42	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726839

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#908239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC384D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9523c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 82, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.156 32.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18772',
    500: '#c9523c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9523c;
$custom-light: #e18772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9523c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.362,
    "s": 56.627,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59019,
    "c": 0.15649,
    "h": 32.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9523C

secondary

#91C6D0

accent

#C8E048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170B08

muted

#857C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9523C

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

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