#C55A32#C55A32

#C55A32 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.147 H 40.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55A32
RGB	rgb(197, 90, 50)
HSL	hsl(16, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(16, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 74.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.17, 40.21, 42.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.17, 58.62, 46.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% 0.1126 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.147 40.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.2606, 19.4164, 5.3292)
Luminance	0.1941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55A32 #329DC5

analogous

#C53253 #C55A32 #C5A332

triadic

#C55A32 #32C55A #5A32C5

tetradic

#C55A32 #53C532 #329DC5 #A332C5

square

#C55A32 #53C532 #329DC5 #A332C5

split-complementary

#C55A32 #32C5A3 #3253C5

monochromatic

#632D19 #944426 #C55A32 #D67F5E #E3A68F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#C55A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#C55A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55A32

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55A32	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776B2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92832F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84351

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 90, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.147 40.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8b6c',
    500: '#c55a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55a32;
$custom-light: #de8b6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.327,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59419,
    "c": 0.14737,
    "h": 40.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55A32

secondary

#86BACD

accent

#B8E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55A32

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →