#C55B32#C55B32

#C55B32 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.146 H 40.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55B32
RGB	rgb(197, 91, 50)
HSL	hsl(17, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(17, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 74.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.37, 39.71, 42.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.37, 58.43, 47.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.57% 0.1111 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(59.57% 0.147 40.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.3455, 19.5863, 5.3575)
Luminance	0.1958 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55B32 #329CC5

analogous

#C53252 #C55B32 #C5A432

triadic

#C55B32 #32C55B #5B32C5

tetradic

#C55B32 #52C532 #329CC5 #A432C5

square

#C55B32 #52C532 #329CC5 #A432C5

split-complementary

#C55B32 #32C5A4 #3252C5

monochromatic

#632E19 #944426 #C55B32 #D6805E #E3A68F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#C55B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#C55B32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55B32

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55B32	1.00	4.27	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#92832F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84452

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 91, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.146 40.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8c6c',
    500: '#c55b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55b32;
$custom-light: #de8c6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.735,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59568,
    "c": 0.1465,
    "h": 40.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55B32

secondary

#86B9CD

accent

#B7E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55B32

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

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