#C3552C#C3552C

#C3552C is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.151 H 39.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3552C
RGB	rgb(195, 85, 44)
HSL	hsl(16, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 77.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.84, 41.66, 44.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.84, 60.75, 46.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% 0.1162 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.151 39.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.2115, 18.2844, 4.5314)
Luminance	0.1828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3552C #2C9AC3

analogous

#C32C4F #C3552C #C3A02C

triadic

#C3552C #2CC355 #552CC3

tetradic

#C3552C #4FC32C #2C9AC3 #A02CC3

square

#C3552C #4FC32C #2C9AC3 #A02CC3

split-complementary

#C3552C #2CC3A0 #2C4FC3

monochromatic

#5F2915 #913F21 #C3552C #D87854 #E49F86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#C3552C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#C3552C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C3552C

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3552C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3552C	1.00	4.51	4.66	4.66
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#746727

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D63C4C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3552c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 85, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.151 39.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8868',
    500: '#c3552c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3552c;
$custom-light: #dd8868;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3552c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.291,
    "s": 63.18,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58328,
    "c": 0.15141,
    "h": 39.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3552C

secondary

#7EB8CD

accent

#BAE642

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C06

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3552C

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

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