#C55C39#C55C39

#C55C39 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.143 H 38.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55C39
RGB	rgb(197, 92, 57)
HSL	hsl(15, 55%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(15, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.3%, 71.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.64, 39.54, 39.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.64, 55.88, 44.97°)
OKLab	oklab(59.8% 0.1118 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(59.8% 0.143 38.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.5943, 19.8235, 6.2433)
Luminance	0.1982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55C39 #39A2C5

analogous

#C5395C #C55C39 #C5A239

triadic

#C55C39 #39C55C #5C39C5

tetradic

#C55C39 #5CC539 #39A2C5 #A239C5

square

#C55C39 #5CC539 #39A2C5 #A239C5

split-complementary

#C55C39 #39C5A2 #395CC5

monochromatic

#66301E #96462B #C55C39 #D38368 #E1AA97

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#C55C39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#C55C39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55C39

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55C39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55C39	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)

#786D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#928437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84654

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55c39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 92, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.143 38.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dd8d71',
    500: '#c55c39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55c39;
$custom-light: #dd8d71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55c39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15,
    "s": 55.118,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59798,
    "c": 0.14337,
    "h": 38.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55C39

secondary

#8DBDCD

accent

#B9DE49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EC

border

#D5CBC7

text

#160C08

muted

#847D7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55C39

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

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