#C55C31#C55C31

#C55C31 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.146 H 41.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55C31
RGB	rgb(197, 92, 49)
HSL	hsl(17, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(17, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.55, 39.16, 43.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.55, 58.58, 48.05°)
OKLab	oklab(59.71% 0.1093 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(59.71% 0.146 41.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4102, 19.7498, 5.2738)
Luminance	0.1975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55C31 #319AC5

analogous

#C53150 #C55C31 #C5A631

triadic

#C55C31 #31C55C #5C31C5

tetradic

#C55C31 #50C531 #319AC5 #A631C5

square

#C55C31 #50C531 #319AC5 #A631C5

split-complementary

#C55C31 #31C5A6 #3150C5

monochromatic

#632E19 #944525 #C55C31 #D7805D #E3A68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#C55C31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#C55C31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55C31

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55C31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55C31	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796C2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93842E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84553

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55c31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 92, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.146 41.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8c6b',
    500: '#c55c31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55c31;
$custom-light: #de8c6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55c31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.432,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59707,
    "c": 0.14595,
    "h": 41.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55C31

secondary

#85B8CD

accent

#B5E344

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55C31

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

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