#C3552A#C3552A

#C3552A is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.152 H 40.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3552A
RGB	rgb(195, 85, 42)
HSL	hsl(17, 65%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(17, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 78.5%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.82, 41.59, 45.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.82, 61.40, 47.37°)
OKLab	oklab(58.31% 0.1156 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(58.31% 0.152 40.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1748, 18.2698, 4.3381)
Luminance	0.1827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3552A #2A98C3

analogous

#C32A4B #C3552A #C3A22A

triadic

#C3552A #2AC355 #552AC3

tetradic

#C3552A #4BC32A #2A98C3 #A22AC3

square

#C3552A #4BC32A #2A98C3 #A22AC3

split-complementary

#C3552A #2AC3A2 #2A4BC3

monochromatic

#5E2914 #913F1F #C3552A #D97751 #E49E83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#C3552A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#C3552A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C3552A

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3552A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3552A	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8027

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D63C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3552a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 85, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.152 40.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8866',
    500: '#c3552a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3552a;
$custom-light: #dd8866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3552a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.863,
    "s": 64.557,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58309,
    "c": 0.15196,
    "h": 40.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3552A

secondary

#7BB6CD

accent

#B9E840

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C06

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3552A

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

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