#C55C38#C55C38

#C55C38 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.144 H 39.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55C38
RGB	rgb(197, 92, 56)
HSL	hsl(15, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(15, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.63, 39.49, 40.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.63, 56.22, 45.38°)
OKLab	oklab(59.79% 0.1115 0.0906)
OKLCH	oklch(59.79% 0.144 39.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.5696, 19.8136, 6.1132)
Luminance	0.1981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55C38 #38A1C5

analogous

#C5385B #C55C38 #C5A338

triadic

#C55C38 #38C55C #5C38C5

tetradic

#C55C38 #5BC538 #38A1C5 #A338C5

square

#C55C38 #5BC538 #38A1C5 #A338C5

split-complementary

#C55C38 #38C5A3 #385BC5

monochromatic

#662F1D #95462A #C55C38 #D48267 #E1A996

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#C55C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#C55C38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55C38

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55C38	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)

#796D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84654

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 92, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.144 39.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8d70',
    500: '#c55c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55c38;
$custom-light: #dd8d70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.319,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59785,
    "c": 0.14369,
    "h": 39.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55C38

secondary

#8CBCCD

accent

#B9DF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55C38

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

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