#C55B36#C55B36

#C55B36 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.145 H 39.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55B36
RGB	rgb(197, 91, 54)
HSL	hsl(16, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(16, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 72.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.41, 39.89, 40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.41, 57.08, 45.66°)
OKLab	oklab(59.61% 0.1124 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(59.61% 0.145 39.3)
XYZ	xyz(27.4356, 19.6223, 5.8321)
Luminance	0.1962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55B36 #36A0C5

analogous

#C53659 #C55B36 #C5A236

triadic

#C55B36 #36C55B #5B36C5

tetradic

#C55B36 #59C536 #36A0C5 #A236C5

square

#C55B36 #59C536 #36A0C5 #A236C5

split-complementary

#C55B36 #36C5A2 #3659C5

monochromatic

#652F1C #954529 #C55B36 #D48164 #E2A894

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#C55B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.92

#C55B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55B36

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55B36	1.00	4.26	4.92	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.26	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)

#786C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 91, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.145 39.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8c6f',
    500: '#c55b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55b36;
$custom-light: #dd8c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.524,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59612,
    "c": 0.14523,
    "h": 39.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55B36

secondary

#8ABBCD

accent

#B9E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55B36

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

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