#C55A36#C55A36

#C55A36 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.146 H 38.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55A36
RGB	rgb(197, 90, 54)
HSL	hsl(15, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(15, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.3%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.21, 40.39, 40.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.21, 57.28, 45.16°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% 0.1139 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.146 38.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.3507, 19.4525, 5.8037)
Luminance	0.1945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55A36 #36A1C5

analogous

#C5365A #C55A36 #C5A236

triadic

#C55A36 #36C55A #5A36C5

tetradic

#C55A36 #5AC536 #36A1C5 #A236C5

square

#C55A36 #5AC536 #36A1C5 #A236C5

split-complementary

#C55A36 #36C5A2 #365AC5

monochromatic

#652E1C #954429 #C55A36 #D48064 #E2A794

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#C55A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#C55A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55A36

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55A36	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	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)

#776B32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#918333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84352

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 90, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.146 38.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8b6f',
    500: '#c55a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55a36;
$custom-light: #dd8b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.105,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59464,
    "c": 0.14612,
    "h": 38.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55A36

secondary

#8ABCCD

accent

#BAE048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55A36

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

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