#C55B37#C55B37

#C55B37 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.145 H 38.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55B37
RGB	rgb(197, 91, 55)
HSL	hsl(15, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(15, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.8%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.42, 39.94, 40.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.42, 56.75, 45.27°)
OKLab	oklab(59.62% 0.1127 0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(59.62% 0.145 38.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4593, 19.6318, 5.9570)
Luminance	0.1963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55B37 #37A1C5

analogous

#C5375A #C55B37 #C5A237

triadic

#C55B37 #37C55B #5B37C5

tetradic

#C55B37 #5AC537 #37A1C5 #A237C5

square

#C55B37 #5AC537 #37A1C5 #A237C5

split-complementary

#C55B37 #37C5A2 #375AC5

monochromatic

#652F1C #95452A #C55B37 #D48165 #E1A895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#C55B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#C55B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55B37

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55B37	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#786C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 91, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.145 38.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8c6f',
    500: '#c55b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55b37;
$custom-light: #dd8c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.211,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59624,
    "c": 0.14491,
    "h": 38.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55B37

secondary

#8BBCCD

accent

#B9E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55B37

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

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