#C9523E#C9523E

#C9523E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.156 H 31.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9523E
RGB	rgb(201, 82, 62)
HSL	hsl(9, 56%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(9, 69%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.2%, 69.2%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.46, 46.15, 35.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.46, 58.27, 37.62°)
OKLab	oklab(59.05% 0.1328 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(59.05% 0.156 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.9770, 18.8036, 6.7127)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9523E #3EB5C9

analogous

#C93E70 #C9523E #C9983E

triadic

#C9523E #3EC952 #523EC9

tetradic

#C9523E #70C93E #3EB5C9 #983EC9

square

#C9523E #70C93E #3EB5C9 #983EC9

split-complementary

#C9523E #3EC998 #3E70C9

monochromatic

#6E2A1F #9E3C2C #C9523E #D67D6E #E4A89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#C9523E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#C9523E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9523E

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9523E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9523E	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	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)

#72683B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F823B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DC384E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9523e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 82, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.156 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e08774',
    500: '#c9523e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9523e;
$custom-light: #e08774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9523e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 82,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.633,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59046,
    "c": 0.15602,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9523E

secondary

#93C7D0

accent

#CAE048

background

#FEF8F7

surface

#FDF0ED

border

#D5CBC8

text

#170C08

muted

#857D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9523E

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

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