#C3552B#C3552B

#C3552B is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.152 H 40.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3552B
RGB	rgb(195, 85, 43)
HSL	hsl(17, 64%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(17, 78%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 77.9%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.83, 41.62, 44.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.83, 61.07, 47.04°)
OKLab	oklab(58.32% 0.1159 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(58.32% 0.152 40.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1929, 18.2770, 4.4336)
Luminance	0.1827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3552B #2B99C3

analogous

#C32B4D #C3552B #C3A12B

triadic

#C3552B #2BC355 #552BC3

tetradic

#C3552B #4DC32B #2B99C3 #A12BC3

square

#C3552B #4DC32B #2B99C3 #A12BC3

split-complementary

#C3552B #2BC3A1 #2B4DC3

monochromatic

#5F2915 #913F20 #C3552B #D97752 #E49F84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#C3552B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#C3552B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C3552B

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3552B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3552B	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)

#746725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D63C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3552b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 85, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.152 40.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8867',
    500: '#c3552b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3552b;
$custom-light: #dd8867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3552b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.579,
    "s": 63.866,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58318,
    "c": 0.15169,
    "h": 40.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3552B

secondary

#7DB7CD

accent

#B9E741

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#170C06

muted

#857D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3552B

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

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