#C55A33#C55A33

#C55A33 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.147 H 39.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55A33
RGB	rgb(197, 90, 51)
HSL	hsl(16, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(16, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.18, 40.25, 42.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.18, 58.28, 46.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% 0.1129 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.147 39.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2824, 19.4252, 5.4441)
Luminance	0.1942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55A33 #339EC5

analogous

#C53355 #C55A33 #C5A333

triadic

#C55A33 #33C55A #5A33C5

tetradic

#C55A33 #55C533 #339EC5 #A333C5

square

#C55A33 #55C533 #339EC5 #A333C5

split-complementary

#C55A33 #33C5A3 #3355C5

monochromatic

#642E1A #944426 #C55A33 #D67F5F #E2A690

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#C55A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88

#C55A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55A33

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55A33	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)

#776B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 90, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.147 39.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8b6d',
    500: '#c55a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55a33;
$custom-light: #de8b6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.027,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5943,
    "c": 0.14706,
    "h": 39.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55A33

secondary

#87BACD

accent

#B8E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55A33

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

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