#C9532A#C9532A

#C9532A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.160 H 38.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C9532A
RGB	rgb(201, 83, 42)
HSL	hsl(15, 65%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(15, 79%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 79.1%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.42, 44.80, 46.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.42, 64.28, 45.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.95% 0.125 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(58.95% 0.16 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.6015, 18.7750, 4.3605)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C9532A #2AA0C9

analogous

#C92A50 #C9532A #C9A32A

triadic

#C9532A #2AC953 #532AC9

tetradic

#C9532A #50C92A #2AA0C9 #A32AC9

square

#C9532A #50C92A #2AA0C9 #A32AC9

split-complementary

#C9532A #2AC9A3 #2A50C9

monochromatic

#642915 #963E1F #C9532A #DB7755 #E6A087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#C9532A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#C9532A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C9532A

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C9532A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C9532A	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)

#746824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD374B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c9532a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(201, 83, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.160 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e18766',
    500: '#c9532a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c9532a;
$custom-light: #e18766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c9532a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 201,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.472,
    "s": 65.432,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58952,
    "c": 0.16013,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C9532A

secondary

#7FBBD0

accent

#BDE83F

background

#FFF8F6

surface

#FEF0EB

border

#D6CBC6

text

#170C06

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C9532A

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

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