#C55C33#C55C33

#C55C33 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.145 H 40.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55C33
RGB	rgb(197, 92, 51)
HSL	hsl(17, 59%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(17, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 74.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.57, 39.25, 42.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.57, 57.90, 47.32°)
OKLab	oklab(59.73% 0.1099 0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(59.73% 0.145 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4533, 19.7671, 5.5011)
Luminance	0.1976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55C33 #339CC5

analogous

#C53353 #C55C33 #C5A533

triadic

#C55C33 #33C55C #5C33C5

tetradic

#C55C33 #53C533 #339CC5 #A533C5

square

#C55C33 #53C533 #339CC5 #A533C5

split-complementary

#C55C33 #33C5A5 #3353C5

monochromatic

#642F1A #944526 #C55C33 #D6815F #E2A790

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#C55C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#C55C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55C33

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55C33	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)

#796C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#938430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84653

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 92, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.145 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8c6d',
    500: '#c55c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55c33;
$custom-light: #de8c6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.849,
    "s": 58.871,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59728,
    "c": 0.14531,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55C33

secondary

#87B9CD

accent

#B6E246

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55C33

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

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