#C55B33#C55B33

#C55B33 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.146 H 40.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55B33
RGB	rgb(197, 91, 51)
HSL	hsl(16, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(16, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.38, 39.75, 42.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.38, 58.09, 46.82°)
OKLab	oklab(59.58% 0.1114 0.0946)
OKLCH	oklch(59.58% 0.146 40.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.3673, 19.5950, 5.4724)
Luminance	0.1959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55B33 #339DC5

analogous

#C53354 #C55B33 #C5A433

triadic

#C55B33 #33C55B #5B33C5

tetradic

#C55B33 #54C533 #339DC5 #A433C5

square

#C55B33 #54C533 #339DC5 #A433C5

split-complementary

#C55B33 #33C5A4 #3354C5

monochromatic

#642E1A #944526 #C55B33 #D6805F #E2A790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#C55B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#C55B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55B33

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55B33	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)

#786C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84452

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 91, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.146 40.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8c6d',
    500: '#c55b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55b33;
$custom-light: #de8c6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.438,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59579,
    "c": 0.14618,
    "h": 40.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55B33

secondary

#87BACD

accent

#B7E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55B33

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

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