#C3552E#C3552E

#C3552E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.151 H 39.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C3552E
RGB	rgb(195, 85, 46)
HSL	hsl(16, 62%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(16, 76%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 76.4%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.86, 41.74, 43.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.86, 60.09, 46.00°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% 0.1168 0.0954)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.151 39.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2500, 18.2998, 4.7342)
Luminance	0.1830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C3552E #2E9CC3

analogous

#C32E51 #C3552E #C3A02E

triadic

#C3552E #2EC355 #552EC3

tetradic

#C3552E #51C32E #2E9CC3 #A02EC3

square

#C3552E #51C32E #2E9CC3 #A02EC3

split-complementary

#C3552E #2EC3A0 #2E51C3

monochromatic

#602A17 #913F22 #C3552E #D77857 #E3A088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#C3552E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.66

#C3552E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C3552E

4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C3552E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C3552E	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)

#746729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E802B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D63C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c3552e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(195, 85, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.151 39.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8869',
    500: '#c3552e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c3552e;
$custom-light: #dd8869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c3552e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 195,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.705,
    "s": 61.826,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58347,
    "c": 0.15084,
    "h": 39.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C3552E

secondary

#80B9CD

accent

#BBE543

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C06

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C3552E

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

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