#C55B35#C55B35

#C55B35 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.146 H 39.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55B35
RGB	rgb(197, 91, 53)
HSL	hsl(16, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(16, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 73.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.40, 39.84, 41.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.40, 57.42, 46.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.6% 0.1121 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(59.6% 0.146 39.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4123, 19.6130, 5.7096)
Luminance	0.1961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55B35 #359FC5

analogous

#C53557 #C55B35 #C5A335

triadic

#C55B35 #35C55B #5B35C5

tetradic

#C55B35 #57C535 #359FC5 #A335C5

square

#C55B35 #57C535 #359FC5 #A335C5

split-complementary

#C55B35 #35C5A3 #3557C5

monochromatic

#652E1B #954528 #C55B35 #D58162 #E2A793

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.27

#C55B35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#C55B35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55B35

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55B35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55B35	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)

#786C31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55b35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 91, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.146 39.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8c6e',
    500: '#c55b35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55b35;
$custom-light: #dd8c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55b35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.833,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59601,
    "c": 0.14555,
    "h": 39.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55B35

secondary

#89BBCD

accent

#B8E147

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55B35

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

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