#C55A35#C55A35

#C55A35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.146 H 39.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55A35
RGB	rgb(197, 90, 53)
HSL	hsl(15, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(15, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.20, 40.34, 41.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.20, 57.61, 45.55°)
OKLab	oklab(59.45% 0.1136 0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(59.45% 0.146 39.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.3274, 19.4432, 5.6813)
Luminance	0.1944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55A35 #35A0C5

analogous

#C53558 #C55A35 #C5A235

triadic

#C55A35 #35C55A #5A35C5

tetradic

#C55A35 #58C535 #35A0C5 #A235C5

square

#C55A35 #58C535 #35A0C5 #A235C5

split-complementary

#C55A35 #35C5A2 #3558C5

monochromatic

#652E1B #954428 #C55A35 #D58062 #E2A793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30

#C55A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#C55A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55A35

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55A35	1.00	4.30	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#776B31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 90, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.146 39.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8b6e',
    500: '#c55a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55a35;
$custom-light: #de8b6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.417,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59452,
    "c": 0.14644,
    "h": 39.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55A35

secondary

#89BBCD

accent

#B9E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55A35

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

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