#C55C37#C55C37

#C55C37 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.144 H 39.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55C37
RGB	rgb(197, 92, 55)
HSL	hsl(16, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(16, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 72.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.61, 39.44, 40.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.61, 56.55, 45.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.77% 0.1112 0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(59.77% 0.144 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5453, 19.8039, 5.9857)
Luminance	0.1980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55C37 #37A0C5

analogous

#C53759 #C55C37 #C5A337

triadic

#C55C37 #37C55C #5C37C5

tetradic

#C55C37 #59C537 #37A0C5 #A337C5

square

#C55C37 #59C537 #37A0C5 #A337C5

split-complementary

#C55C37 #37C5A3 #3759C5

monochromatic

#652F1C #95462A #C55C37 #D48265 #E1A995

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#C55C37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#C55C37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55C37

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55C37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55C37	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#796D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84654

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55c37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 92, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.144 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8d6f',
    500: '#c55c37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55c37;
$custom-light: #dd8d6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55c37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.634,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59773,
    "c": 0.14401,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55C37

secondary

#8BBCCD

accent

#B8E048

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55C37

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

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