#C55C32#C55C32

#C55C32 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.146 H 41.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55C32
RGB	rgb(197, 92, 50)
HSL	hsl(17, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(17, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 74.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.56, 39.21, 43.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.56, 58.24, 47.69°)
OKLab	oklab(59.72% 0.1096 0.0959)
OKLCH	oklch(59.72% 0.146 41.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.4315, 19.7584, 5.3862)
Luminance	0.1976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55C32 #329BC5

analogous

#C53251 #C55C32 #C5A532

triadic

#C55C32 #32C55C #5C32C5

tetradic

#C55C32 #51C532 #329BC5 #A532C5

square

#C55C32 #51C532 #329BC5 #A532C5

split-complementary

#C55C32 #32C5A5 #3251C5

monochromatic

#632E19 #944526 #C55C32 #D6805E #E3A78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#C55C32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#C55C32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55C32

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55C32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55C32	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)

#796C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93842F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84653

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55c32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 92, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.146 41.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8c6c',
    500: '#c55c32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55c32;
$custom-light: #de8c6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55c32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.143,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59717,
    "c": 0.14564,
    "h": 41.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55C32

secondary

#86B9CD

accent

#B6E345

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55C32

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

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