#C55C34#C55C34

#C55C34 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.145 H 40.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55C34
RGB	rgb(197, 92, 52)
HSL	hsl(17, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(17, 74%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 73.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.58, 39.30, 42.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.58, 57.56, 46.95°)
OKLab	oklab(59.74% 0.1102 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(59.74% 0.145 40.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4756, 19.7760, 5.6184)
Luminance	0.1977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55C34 #349DC5

analogous

#C53455 #C55C34 #C5A534

triadic

#C55C34 #34C55C #5C34C5

tetradic

#C55C34 #55C534 #349DC5 #A534C5

square

#C55C34 #55C534 #349DC5 #A534C5

split-complementary

#C55C34 #34C5A5 #3455C5

monochromatic

#642F1A #954527 #C55C34 #D58161 #E2A891

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#C55C34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#C55C34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55C34

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55C34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55C34	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)

#796D2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84653

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55c34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 92, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.145 40.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8d6d',
    500: '#c55c34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55c34;
$custom-light: #dd8d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55c34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.552,
    "s": 58.233,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59739,
    "c": 0.14499,
    "h": 40.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55C34

secondary

#88BACD

accent

#B7E146

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55C34

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

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